Western governments often struggle to frame BRICS - the geopolitical bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa - beyond a binary, zero-sum narrative in which the group is a key challenge to the Western-dominated international order, writes Priyal Singh, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria.
Western governments often struggle to frame BRICS - the geopolitical bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa - beyond a binary, zero-sum narrative in which the group is a key challenge to the Western-dominated international order,. He argues, however, that this interpretation places the"forces of democracy and liberal political values in one camp and authoritarian governments in another", with developing countries caught in the middle.
"The preoccupation with Russia and China detracts from BRICS's broader, underlying geopolitical project - which is the need for global south countries to reform and shape the international order's future direction on their own terms," he wrote. In light of the current situation, Ethiopia's membership in BRICS has set in motion bearing fruits and moving forward in the right direction. More to the point, it is envisioned…
The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition's identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in…
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