Articles by BRICS
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Kazan Declaration Adopted at BRICS Summit
BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2024
23 Oct 2024 – Kazan Declaration: Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security
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Celebrating Multilateralism
Gert Grobler | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2024
17 Oct 2024 – In the run-up to the summit in Kazan, Russia, from Oct 22 to 24, BRICS implement intra-BRICS cooperation under three pillars: political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
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Is Political West Bailing Out Due to ‘Real and Increasing Ukraine Fatigue’?
Drago Bosnic | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2024
17 Oct 2024 – The term “Ukraine fatigue” is not new but its latest usage breaks off from the usual pattern and may indicate that the world’s most aggressive power pole is looking for ways to leave the Neo-Nazi junta to fend for itself.
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BRICS and the IMF Debt Traps
Marco Fernandes | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2024
2 Oct 2024 – What the Contingent Reserve Arrangement Can Do for the Global South – In the last two years, BRICS have experienced a popularity hitherto unseen in their existence.
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Zelensky’s Cancelled Meeting with Latin American Countries Reflects a Lack of Support for Kiev
Ahmed Adel | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2024
21 Sep 2024 – The Ukrainian president cancelled a meeting with leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean on the sidelines of the UNGA on 24 Sep due to low number of participants. It could also be a sign of the difficulties NATO faced in disseminating its narrative among non-Western countries, which is increasingly centered on a zero-sum logic, defending NATO’s exclusive interests in relation to Russia.
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Building BRICS
Ash Narain Roy | The Statesman/BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2024
25 Sep 2024 – BRICS has emerged as a powerful geopolitical entity thanks to the Global South. It is flexing economic and political muscles that no other groupings ever did. It has momentum on its side. It has surpassed the G7 and accounts for 32 per cent of global GDP in PPP terms.
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Prospects for BRICS’ New Currency and New Payment System
Kester Kenn Klomegah | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
BRICS, together with new members and its partners, look forward to a new era of de-dollarizing the global economy by introducing a new currency and a new payment system at the Summit in the Republic of Tatarstan on 24 Oct 2024.
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Why Nations Are Rushing to Join BRICS+
Monica Johnson | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2024
12 Sep 2024 – Comprising in 2009 of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, BRICS added Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in 2024. BRICS+ now: 45% of world’s population, 25% of global trade, 40% of global oil production, 28% of world’s GDP, and more than one-third of global GDP in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
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Age of Consensual Multipolarity
Efe Can Gurcan | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2024
13 Sep 2024 – One can hardly deny that multipolarity is a defining trend in world politics today, leading the shift away from US hegemony and toward a more distributed power structure. In response, even South-South cooperation has gained momentum.
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BRICS Model for a New World Order
Amb. Evgeny Tomikhin | BRICS Portal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2024
28 Aug 2024 – BRICS is an innovative format of interaction rather than a union of individual states. Partnership is based on sovereign equality, respect for individual paths, consideration of each other’s interests, and a common effort for the realisation of developing countries’ aspirations.
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Shifting Economic Balance: BRICS vis-a-vis G7
Wang Wen | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Aug 2024
The unipolar world led by the West has persisted for over two hundred years. Thirty years ago, the economic output of BRICS was only one-third of that of the G7. Now, BRICS has completely surpassed the G7.
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Transformation of BRICS: From Symbolic Power to a Real Financial Pole in the Modern World
Dr. Oleg Barabanov | BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 – This year, Russia will be hosting the BRICS summit in October in Kazan. Our governmental circles, our ministries and our NGOs are all preparing for the summit. It is considered the key foreign policy event in Russia this year.
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BRICS: Important Announcement about the New Currency of the Union
BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2024
23 May 2024 – BRICS is actively seeking to establish a new currency on the world stage to challenge the dominance of the US dollar. This initiative comes amid concerns about the impact of US sanctions on countries such as Russia and other emerging economies.
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And Now, BRICS Eyes Creation of a Central Bank for Currency Issue
BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2024
24 May 2024 – China, with backing from Russia and South Africa, is introducing a new currency to be issued by a proposed BRICS Central Bank that would combine the strengths of the respective currencies of the five BRICS countries in the economic forum.
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Challenging Dollar’s Dominance
BRICS Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 May 2024
6 May 2024 – Strengthening ties and cooperation with regional countries, promoting platforms like BRICS and focusing on trade in local currencies may challenge the dominance of the US dollar in the coming years on account of a changing world order.
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First Iran-India Joint Working Group Meeting on Agriculture Held in Delhi
BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
22 Feb 2024 – The first joint working group meeting on agriculture took place between Iran and India. The officials of the ministries of agriculture of both countries emphasised increasing cooperation in the field.
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Medicine: Case Studies from China and India
Tatiana Bokova | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
14 Feb 2024 – Due to its continuous advancement and extensive utilization, artificial intelligence technology has permeated deeply into all aspects of life, particularly within the realm of medicine, while the prospects for its application continue to broaden. AI has emerged as a powerful tool.
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Over 30 Countries Queue Up for BRICS Membership
Jai Hamid | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
12 Feb 2024 – This surge in interest reflects a growing disillusionment with traditional economic models and a collective quest for more equitable international relations.
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BRICS+: An Impressive Enlargement
BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
1 Feb 2024 – The BRICS+ 10 countries represent 45% of the world’s population with 3.5 billion people, a third of the Earth’s solid surface, 44% of total global oil production, and 1/3 of global GDP of 29 trillion dollars, surpassing in purchasing power the G7.
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As China-Russia Economic and Diplomatic Ties Advance, Their Cultural Bond Flourishes with Ballet, Theatre and Music
South China Morning Post | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
29 Dec 2023 – As the Russian musical Anna Karenina is set to be staged in Shanghai and Beijing this month, theatre director Alina Chevik hopes to see how it can connect the two peoples at a time when Russian artists have been shunned in Western markets.
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Twenty More Countries Have Applied to Join BRICS
Chris Devonshire-Ellis | BRICS Information Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
19 Dec 2023 – BRICS Ambassador Anil Sooklal stated that, “over 20 countries have formally applied to join BRICS, while the same number have expressed interest. This is affirmation that BRICS is playing an important role in championing emerging and developing economies.”
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Is the ICC Still Relevant? Not So, Says Brazil’s Lula da Silva–and He Is Not Alone
Uriel Araujo | BRICS Information Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva questioned the value of a court that does not include the US, Russia, or China. The ICC cannot be that relevant considering that major powers do not submit to its jurisdiction. The ICC is about geopolitics as much as it is about international law.
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UAE Ditches U.S. Dollar for Oil Trade
BRICS Information Portal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
8 Dec 2023 – The United Arab Emirates is in talks with 15 countries to promote local currency payments. It is approaching China, Russia, India, Egypt, among other nations, to sideline the U.S. dollar for oil settlements. The realigning could lead to a financial paradigm shift, making BRICS into an economic powerhouse.
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Germany’s ‘Military Schengen’ Proposal Shows EU as Geopolitical Pendant of NATO
Drago Bosnic | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
28 Nov 2023 – To Ease the Movement of NATO Troops Across the European Union
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The Real Message from the BRICS Summit
Prince Michael of Liechtenstein | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2023
28 Sep 2023 – Between 22-25 Aug, the BRICS – a loose association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – held a summit in Johannesburg where some 30 other developing nations were invited to participate.
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BRICS+: Experts Explain What the Strategic Entry of Six New Nations Means for Bloc
Yusra Asif | Al Arabiya/BRICS Info Portal – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
19 Sep 2023 – Why these six countries? One of the prominent goals of BRICS is to enhance cross-border trade among member nations to boost the group economically and reduce the bloc’s reliance on the US dollar.
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Agreement Boosts Academic Mobility Across BRICS Borders
University World News | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
22 Sep 2023 – BRICS countries, a grouping of emerging economies, agreed to facilitate the recognition of academic qualifications among members to ensure the mobility of skilled professionals, academics and students.
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Intra-BRICS Trade and Analysis 2023
Chris Devonshire-Ellis and Farzad Ramezani Bonesh | BRICS Information Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Sep 2023
4 Sep 2023 – BRICS countries as a total currently includes about 26% of the total global land mass, and about 42% of the world’s population. This basic clout means that BRICS combined efforts in restructuring the global economy and strengthening economic and financial cooperation have been welcomed by many countries – and been viewed with suspicion elsewhere.
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New BRICS Bloc Will Democratize World Economy and Global South Future
Pedro Mzileni | BRICS Information Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2023
8 Sep 2023 – The addition of Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Argentina, Egypt, and Iran to the BRICS block is the consolidation of a struggle to end the domination of this planet by Washington. The future of the world is in the Global South.
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XV BRICS Summit Johannesburg II Declaration
BRICS Summit Johannesburg - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
South Africa, 23 Aug 2023 – Full Declaration
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World Sliding toward WW3 as More Warhawks Grab Power in Washington DC
Drago Bosnic | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
11 Aug 2023 – Their style has always been preying on the weak, as they focus on bringing “freedom and democracy” to those unable to retaliate or defend themselves. Direct attacks are preceded by economic warfare (sanctions) and “isolation” by the so-called “international community” (read USA).
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Saudi Arabia Set to Join BRICS’ New Development Bank
Ahmed Adel | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jun 2023
31 May 2023 – The ties between the BRICS bank and Saudi Arabia signals an advancement in the de-dollarisation of the global economy. This week, Saudi Arabia held talks to join BRICS’ New Development Bank as its ninth member, a decision not only economic but also political.
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Kiev Flooding Black Markets with NATO-Sourced Weapons
Drago Bosnic | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2023
2 Mar 2023 – It has been at least 1,5 years since the West intensified weapons shipments to Ukraine. Ever since, black markets have been flooded with Western-made arms and munitions, some of which running out from NATO stocks. There’s fierce competition among Kiev institutions for the right to control the arms smuggling business.
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US Threatens African Countries, Demanding to End Relations with Russia
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | InfoBrics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – On 9 Jan, the Wall Street Journal reported that relations USA – South Africa are tense: Last month a South African naval base received a Russian cargo ship sanctioned by Washington, with no public information about the contents on the vessel.
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Ukraine’s Partial Gas Cut to Europe Could Force Activation of Nord Stream 2
Paul Antonopoulos | InfoBRICS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2022
Kiev attempts to blackmail Europe by partially halting gas flow from Russia.
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10th BRICS Summit 25-27 Jul 2018: Johannesburg Declaration
BRICS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution – We are meeting on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and we recognise his values, principles and dedication to the service of humanity and acknowledge his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of the culture of peace throughout the world.
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Hanief Haider | The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jun 2016
Why certain sections of SA media are more inclined toward foreign capital than Black economic empowerment?
→ read full articleDespair Brazil: This Is a Class War
Alfredo Saad Filho, The BRICS Post - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2016
The judicial coup against President Dilma Rousseff is the culmination of the deepest political crisis in Brazil for 50 years. Despite strong media support for the impending coup, the PT, other left parties and many radical social movements remain strong. Further escalation is inevitable.
→ read full articleWith More Refugees Expected, Europe Needs to Get a Grip
Russell Merryman, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Feb 2016
While financial support is still coming in for the victims of the Syrian conflict, Europe’s political signals are getting ever more contradictory.
→ read full articleDilma’s Fall: The Wrecking of an Inspiring Left-Wing Experiment in Brazil
Alfredo Saad Filho, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The country’s descent has been turbo-charged by a relentlessly negative media campaign and a succession of corruption scandals orchestrated by overtly partisan judges and a runaway Federal Police seeking to prosecute every instance of bribery and illegal finance touching the PT, however indirectly, as scandals involving the opposition remain un-investigated.
→ read full articleTPP Is a Psychological Instrument Used by the US
He Yafei – The BRICS Post,
16 Nov 2015
November 10, 2015 – On the surface the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is about trade and investment. But seen closely, it is a smart move by the United States to set the bar higher for China in global trade and investment.
→ read full article“Nothing about Us without Us”: South Africa Set to Quit the International Criminal Court
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
19 Oct 2015
The ICC has been seen by many as a proxy tool of the US to further its narrow global hegemonic political interests.
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Adam Johnson - The BRICS Post,
21 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015 – In less than two weeks we went from the picture of a dead refugee child to three new countries bombing Syria. How did we get here? And, perhaps more importantly, why did we get here?
→ read full articleEconomist Editorial Gets Economic With the Facts
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
7 Sep 2015
The policies endorsed by The Economist have only led to more chaos and severe global instability, argues Bongani Mbindwane.
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The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jul 2015
July 24, 2015 – The BRICS New Development Bank will name its first investment in April next year and the first loan will be issued in yuan not dollar, top officials confirmed.
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Mark Sleboda - The BRICS Post,
13 Jul 2015
US press love to refer to the West as “the international community”, but in Ufa we see a truer representation of the world. Russia, with host and presidency duties of both BRICS and the SCO, is holding both summits in concert with the newly formed EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) summit. What is most telling and definitive is not even who is present in Ufa this week – but who is not. The West is not.
→ read full articleGlobal Governance Reforms: Ufa, Russia Hosts the BRICS, EEU and SCO Summits Simultaneously
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
13 Jul 2015
Among all the groundbreaking decisions made at UFA this year, BRICS nations are moving to discard the dollar and euro on their $500-billion intra-trade. Further, the summits in Ufa, highlighted the geopolitical cross-pollination between BRICS and the SCO, which cannot make decisions that are disadvantageous to each other.
→ read full articleThe Moral Imperative of the BRICS Paradigm
Rahul Manchanda, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2015
29 Jun 20156 – Nineteenth century historian Lord John Dalberg-Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. This has never been truer than with the case of the IMF and the World Bank, and the power they hold over world governments and their people.
→ read full articleA Humanitarian Tragedy Imposed on Greece
Lode Vanoost, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The austerity program imposed on Greek society is a humanitarian tragedy. Greece has lost more than 25 per cent of its GDP over the last five years. This is without historical precedent. Even the Great Depression more than 85 years ago was not this bad.
→ read full articleNew Spring in Russia-Greek Ties: Tsipras
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
Putin and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras discussed bilateral trade, economic, investment ties. Tsipras on Wednesday [8 Apr 2015] said Greece “openly disapproves” of European anti-Russian sanctions, because the EU economic war against Russia could lead to a new Cold War.
→ read full articleBrazil Uses BRICS Presidency for Key Foreign Policy Goals
Elena Lazarou - The BRICS Post,
13 Apr 2015
In pushing for a multi-polar world order, Brazil’s foreign policy has been consistent with its BRICS leadership.
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The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
8 Apr 2015 – In a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Sino-Russian ties “meet the demands of the day” and Moscow will support the Chinese Silk Road project. Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Moscow on May 8 for the 70th anniversary of Russia’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Heads of 26 countries have confirmed their attendance.
→ read full articleUK Snubs US to Join China-Led Asian Bank
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
13 Mar 2015 – Overlooking US censure, the UK has announced its decision to join China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, becoming the first “major western country” to apply for membership. China and BRICS have long protested against their limited voice at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank.
→ read full articleChina’s Defense Spending: Facts vs Hyperbole
Xu Guangyu, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
China’s military budget is $142 billion this year, $ 61,800 per capita. The US defense budget is $ 600 billion for its 1.44 million military personnel or $ 416,666 per capita. Japan spent $ 41.5 billion for the 247,000 personnel in its self-defense forces, or $168,016 per capita. So China’s per capita spending on its armed forces is much smaller than both the US and Japan.
→ read full articleChinese Premier Backs Russia on Crimea
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
Mar 15, 2015 – China’s premier reiterated Beijing’s backing for Russian interests in Crimea, saying China hopes the Ukraine issue will be settled through dialogue.
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The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
At the moment of writing, the ink on the second Minsk agreement has not yet dried. Closer EU-Russia relations would create a nightmare scenario for the Washington elite, writes a former Belgian lawmaker.
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Rachit Ranjan – The BRICS Post,
26 Jan 2015
The nuclear deal as being discussed currently will only be a temporary solution to an otherwise complex scenario.
→ read full articleRussia Looms Large as Obama Watches India Republic Day Parade
Pooja Bhansali – The BRICS Post,
26 Jan 2015
Most of the Indian military might on display during the parade had a “Made in Russia” tag.
→ read full articleUkraine Crisis: Playing Russian Roulette with All the Bullets in the Cylinder
Alexander Nekrassov, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Dec 2014
There are two main schools of thought in Russia these days about the reasons for the crisis in Ukraine. The first states that the Cold War never really ended, but lay bubbling in the shadow of the supposedly ‘improving’ relations between Russia and the West.
→ read full articleChina-Led New Bank Challenges Japanese, US’ Influence
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Nov 2014
The AIIB-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will boost China’s global influence and enhance its soft power.
→ read full articleIndian PM Backs Russia, China Ahead of US Trip
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Sep 2014
22 Sep 2014 – Days ahead of his US visit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has backed BRICS members Russia and China, refusing to criticise Moscow for its annexation of Crimea and reiterating trust in China’s handling of territorial disputes in the east and south China seas.
→ read full articleXi, Modi, Jokowi: The Rise of a New Triad
Kishore Mahbubani - The BRICS Post,
8 Sep 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesia’s President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo could end up ranked among their countries’ greatest modern leaders.
→ read full articleAs Western Power Diminishes, BRICS Rises
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jul 2014
July 21, 2014 – The 6th BRICS Summit was a resounding success. While major Western newspapers had consistently neglected the yearly gatherings in the past (or generally described it as a misguided idea), leading global voices such as The Economist and The Financial Times both reported on last week’s meeting.
→ read full articleBRICS Bank, Ukraine Likely to Dominate 2014 BRICS Summit
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jul 2014
The annual BRICS Summit in the Brazilian cities of Brasilia and Fortaleza on July 14-15 [2014] comes at a time in which the global political scene is arguably more unsettled than at any other point in the past 20 years. Given the inherent diversity of the BRICS members, each country will therefore – and understandably – pursue very different goals and agendas at the Summit.
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