... mainly in the developing world, put plans for new nuclear power projects on indefinite hold. Recently, there has been a
resurgence
of interest in nuclear power, primarily in the Global South.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Future Belongs to Inclusive Groups Like BRICS
In this article, the conventional concept of the Global South
refers
to countries in Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia (including China and India, but excluding the post-Soviet states and OECD nations). From an energy perspective, the countries in this group are primarily interested in ensuring a stable energy supply as well as energy security and, as a consequence, achieving high ...
... would gladly or quickly give up a well-paid post in Brussels?
The great uncertainty at the moment is whether the US will become part of the new multi-polar and multi-regional world with its other centers of power, especially the Global South and the BRICS states, Russia and China, or whether it will adopt a confrontational course, intensify its trade war with China and become isolated. It’s a very open question.
The EU would have had a bad hand even if Kamala Harris had been elected. Voters were concerned about the US ...
... in total investments. This will bring greater benefits to these countries, including advancing the internationalization of their currencies and enhancing their status and influence in global financial markets.
Economic and Trade Cooperation Between China and BRICS Countries
As the country with the largest economy among BRICS member states, China has continuously deepened cooperation with its BRICS partners, promoting cooperation among BRICS countries to a broader scope and a deeper level. According to data ...
... economic ties between Pakistan and China. Russia's potential involvement in the BRI can extend these benefits to a broader regional context, linking Eurasia through infrastructure, trade and energy projects that span from Moscow to Islamabad.
Moreover, the BRICS grouping, which brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, offers another avenue for Russia–Pakistan cooperation. While India is a member of BRICS, Russia and Pakistan can still find common ground within this framework to address global ...
... Americans are also seeking to cultivate India, as a pivotal great power, within the Quad group. All these multiple arrangements are completely dominated by the US and are aimed at containing and deterring Washington’s designated primary adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea – with one overriding goal of defending America’s hegemonic position.
In contrast to that, neither BRICS nor the SCO is dominated by a single power, or a tandem/triumvirate of nations. BRICS’s recent expansion also suggests that it does not aspire to become a version of the West’s G7, as an elitist steering group, or directoire, for the non-Western ...
... nonregional powers to play more prominent roles in and around Eurasia.
Andrey Kortunov:
Unpacking GCI: China’s Strategic Vision Comes of Age
Can Moscow make a meaningful contribution to an improvement in China-India relations? The trilateral Russia-India-China (RIC) format has existed for more than 20 years, but it has been gradually overshadowed by BRICS and the SCO. However, maybe the time has come to put more emphasis on RIC.
For instance, Moscow could offer Beijing and New Delhi joint trilateral development, transportation and research projects in the Russian sector of the Arctic region. Trilateral ...
... R&D projects and in transborder interactions. Personally, I would like Putin and Xi to make a breakthrough on moving to the non-visa regime between the two neighboring countries. It is hard to understand why, given the excellent state of the Russia-China relations, many of us on both sides of the border still have to stand in long lines waiting for single-entry visas to be stamped in our passports.
Dmitriy Kiku:
Positions of BRICS Nations on UN Security Council Reform
A lot of Putin-Xi conversations will take place behind closed doors, which is only natural under the current challenging geopolitical circumstances. However, the two leaders can release a political statement ...
... catalyzed an active search by most members of the international community for mechanisms of interaction that would be resistant to Western sabotage.
The BRICS experience in this sense is very illustrative. Russia’s trade and economic interaction with BRICS partners has only grown since the large-scale and unprecedented restrictions were imposed on our country. We are reaching record trade levels with Brazil, India and China.
There has been a steady development of the whole range of cooperation in three key areas: politics and security, economy and finance, and humanitarian contacts. The recent examples of practical achievements in BRICS include the launch of the BRICS ...
... rational reforms, to restore its authority, to enhance its effectiveness and to regain its central role in international affairs.
China and Russia, either as a member of the global South or as its partner, should work together with the Global South in the ... ... but it is possible to form a grid-like form of cooperation that is multilevel, multidisciplinary and multiformat.
The SCO and BRICS are originally platforms for political, economic, security and humanistic cooperation among their participants, but as they ...
... that the option of granting of permanent membership to Japan and Germany is essentially excluded. Another peculiar feature of China’s position is the aspiration for the so-called “
package solution
,” i.e. for transformations with the maximum backing ... ... and this cannot but alarm Beijing.
To summarize everything stated above, it is highly probable that the Russian presidency in BRICS will involve the challenge of bringing together the positions of both the “old-timers” and the new members on the UN ...
