... the Left, between Conservators and Liberals become less stable. As a result of these trends, nation-states (especially in the West) are more and more often governed by very fragile political coalitions that are extremely vulnerable to even minor fluctuations ... ... of their members will not only survive, but may become more active protagonists, playing the most prominent role, such as the BRICS, the SCO, the EU, NATO, the ASEAN, the ALU, and so on. The institutional inertia accumulated by long-standing organizations should ...
... extraordinary gentlemen”, but instead will become effective tools in the search for a common denominator in even the most sensitive security and development issues. Furthermore, Moscow should abstain from any temptations to try building any "anti-Western clubs" out of such multilateral fora—it would not be possible to sell such an approach to India anyway. Instead, BRICS and SCO should be used to search for compromises, including between China and India. RIC—a separate trilateral coordination mechanism with the participation of Russia, India and China—could also develop in this direction.
India—The global swing state
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... neither a U.S.-provoked hot war with China nor some unexpected breakthrough by Beijing which leads to the rapid collapse of the Western-centric system that in turn results in the People’s Republic becoming the sole superpower. It’s with this grand strategy in mind that India closely cooperates with the Quad, BRICS, and the SCO so as to play a leading role within each to that end, all with the intent of responsibly guiding the global systemic transition ...
... for Sino-Russian economic harmonization.
With India and Pakistan seeking to join the SCO, and Iran drawing closer, the organization is becoming more diverse and will have... ... and enhancing trust among its member states is a third strategic objective.
As for BRICS, besides the function of promoting its members' interests in the world of global... ... means of the triumph of the global best practices. If the leading countries of the non-West can come up with viable alternatives to established ways of doing business in the...
