... existing regional organizations and sub-international mechanisms reflecting common political, economic, and security demands 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 not be underestimated; it is almost impossible to imagine how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization can be dissolved or even radically transformed. Instead, it is highly likely that at least some of these multilateral institutions will grow in numbers of their ...
... Security Council. In the meantime, almost all newcomers, given their political and economic weight, are seriously competing with the “old-timers” of BRICS – Brazil, India and South Africa – who also claim a permanent membership at the UN Security Council.
The BRICS member states are paying increased attention to the UN reform. Brazil, India and South Africa should be mentioned in the first place, because these nations are seeking a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Thus, the Johannesburg Declaration-II,...
... political upheaval. In the case of the European Union, it is about a more complex balance of power between the big countries, allowing the sustainability of overall cooperation despite the persistence of injustice towards the interests of the weaker countries.
BRICS and the SCO have nothing in common with this nature. Taking into account the difference in interests and geopolitical priorities of its participants, evolution in this direction also does not seem likely. This is the most important sign that needs ...
... of the West that allow the rest of the G20 members to look for and eventually find those bold and non-standard solutions that will lead to a new, more just and equal world. Perhaps these decisions will be made within the framework of the G20 minus or BRICS plus, but necessarily by countries interested in real cooperation, and not in obtaining unilateral benefits. It is this difficult year when the foundation can be laid for a stable world order without unilateral mandates, and with mutual respect allowing for the versatile development ...
Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for the media of the BRICS countries "BRICS Strategic Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth", November 12, 2019
On November 13–14, 2019, Brasilia will host the 11th BRICS Summit. In the run-up to this key event of the year for our ...
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BRICS food security. A slow rollout?
It's one thing to move cautiously to manage risks. It's something else to move slowly due to political differences.
Madame Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund has already pressed the BRICS New Development Bank to start generating loans in a tight money global economy ahead of its schedule. But there are no indications that the BRICS bank, still not fully funded and masking the lingering controversy over being headquartered in China,...
... provide these non-state actors with a platform to evangelize their agenda to “offshore” the diplomatic initiatives and public health programs of individual nation-states. Many will be showing up in Russia to run their complementary meetings around the next BRICS "summit" during mid-2015.
By 2050 BRICS could be co-opted into being members of the "western global governance" alliance
When the BRIC idea was floated by an opportunistic Goldman-Sachs economist shortly after 911 the idea ...
Will BRICS Make the World Safer?
In its infancy, BRICS was preoccupied with economic issues, but today the group is also eager to handle global political problems including maintaining global security without the use of force.
The BRICS countries support the preservation of the central role for the United Nations and its Security Council in safeguarding peace on the basis of the UN Charter and universally recognized norms of international law. Their peacemaking activities range from nonproliferation ...
... role in developing and testing direct planting methods and their work is paying off. Brazil now has more than 25 million hectares under direct planting cultivation, just one million less than the United States. Why can’t it can pay off for other BRICS too?
Two UN Food and Agriculture agency (FAO) charts at the bottom of this article with a link you can cut and paste into your browser offer lists of those who have adapted, and how much land in hectares globally have been transformed. The overall study that generated ...
