... agriculture. For Russia, BRICS provides access to growing markets like India, while India benefits from Russia's rich resources, especially in energy.
India’s engagement in BRICS reflects its dual focus on expanding influence in both Western-led and Global South platforms. The 2024 Kazan Summit, where the BRICS grouping expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, provided India with an opportunity to balance its growing ties with the United States while actively participating in BRICS—a grouping where Russia and China have significant ...
... 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 ...
... ready to start a new chapter in its history. It wants to build a fairer and more just international order, but not by “smashing the old world”, but through its own growth, through active participation and leadership to promote global development. Brics clearly represents the interests of the global South and developing countries, but is clearly not an anti-Western alliance and it does not seek to erode or to destroy Western institutions—the BRICS leaders were very careful in the exact working of the Kazan Declaration. BRICS does not even ...
... or G-77. The world is closely watching the Summit and its outcome. Policymakers and experts agree that the summit's outcome will significantly determine the future growth patterns of the global economy and power landscape. It clearly indicates that BRICS is a global entity and a reality, and the Global South is consolidating its role as a future leader. However, BRICS member states must remember that with great power comes great responsibility; if you fail to take responsibility, power will diminish and vanish, regardless of how powerful you ...
... reconciled. The broad range of these issues extends to both security and development dimensions. The importance of this role that BRICS can play is going to increase over time—the group can become one of the most efficient mechanisms that the rising Global South has withing its reach to make its voice listened to in the future discussions on the new world order.
BRICS is capable of contributing to the dialogue of civilizations.
The importance of a direct dialogue between different civilizations bypassing earlier indispensable and often biased Western intermediaries cannot be overestimated. The preferred approach ...
... acquaintances, exchange views on matters of common interest and have fun interacting with fellow club members.
Alexander Korolev:
To BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion
This is probably one of the main reasons why many nations of the Global South want to join BRICS. An important feature of BRICS is that the entrance ticket is free, and there are no membership fees. You don't have to meet numerous accession criteria or high institutional standards; you are not expected to make heavy commitments that might compromise ...
... the win-win cooperation and partnership ideology. It strives to create harmony among nations and between humans and nature.
Therefore, many countries want to join the BRICS. It’s apparent from the ongoing debate on the future structure and status of BRICS. The Global South and members of BRICS are still pondering whether BRICS should become G-7, G-20 or G-77+China. The developing world expects that BRICS should follow the G-77+China path. It is a justified expectation, as poor countries are sharply losing their ...
... engagement holds global significance.
Russia’s Commitment to Gender Equality
Alexander Korolev:
To BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion
In the context of building a multipolar world and strengthening cooperation across the Global South and beyond, Russia’s BRICS+ gender agenda recognises the important role women play in addressing global challenges and enhancing global cooperation, trust and gender parity. Russia prioritises empowering women and enhancing their global representation in international decision-making ...
... else ASEAN can offer its members. At the same time, as in the case of Turkey, Kuala Lumpur understands perfectly well that the West cannot and does not want to provide resources for development.
One of the important reasons why the countries of the Global South are increasingly looking towards BRICS is that their relations with traditional leaders in the West are changing on both sides. The developing powers themselves need resources for a new breakthrough in their economic position and significance for regional and world politics. This is ...
... international actors. Such an approach, practiced by BRICS, attracts the majority of world states. This was clearly demonstrated by the summit held in Johannesburg on August 22-24, 2023, which was attended by the leaders of more than 60 countries of the Global South and, most notably, African countries.
Today, BRICS is seen as one of the
pillars
of a new, more equitable world order, which is designed to give all countries equal opportunities, to free the states of the Global South and Global East from the role of obedient suppliers of cheap labor and raw ...
