16th March, 2013
Syria’s President Bashar Assad has pleaded for BRICS countries to mediate the on-going conflict in the country, according to a close adviser.
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Assad asks BRICS ‘to intervene’ in Syria crisis
Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2013
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BRICS to announce development bank
Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2013
A Durban, les Brics se doteront d’une Banque pour changer la donne
4th March, 2013
La banque de développement du BRICS devrait être officiellement annoncée lors du cinquième sommet des BRICS, qui se tiendra à Durban, Afrique du Sud, à la fin du mois de mars. L’Algérie et le Venezuela pourraient être conviés à participer au capital de la banque.
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Russia to become European powerhouse by 2020
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2013
The collective GDP of the seven emerging economies could become larger than that of the G7 group of developed economies as early as 2017, the report said.
16th January, 2013
Russia is due to overtake the German economy by 2020, and the E7 club of emerging economies will take the reins of the world economy in another 30 years according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report.
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BRICS obituaries are premature
Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
5th January, 2013
2013 has barely got under way but Indian foreign policy is already trotting — between a walk and a canter in speed. Certainly, the consultations with the secretary-general of Iran’s national security council, Saeed Jalili have been extremely significant both in timing and content.
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Will Russia use G20 presidency to strengthen Brics’ position in the world financial order?
Posted by seumasach on January 3, 2013
31st December, 2012
Russia this month took over the presidency of the G20, the club of the world’s biggest economies that accounts for 90pc of global GDP and 80pc of world trade.
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A BRICS development bank: An idea whose time has come?
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2012
Theresa Robles
19th November, 2012
GROWING DISCONTENT among emerging economies and developing countries marked the recently concluded Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Tokyo. The implementation of the 2010 Governance and Quota Reform took the back seat to issues concerning the eurozone debt crisis.
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China’s Navy in the Mediterranean?
Posted by seumasach on July 30, 2012
And one thing is certain: the transit of PLAN and Russian vessels in the area is not coincidental — it is clearly meant as a deterrent against intervention by Western powers in the Syrian crisis.
Exactly. This is an audacious and timely move by China
30th July, 2012
For the first time since China’s re-emergence as a power to be reckonedwith, Western powers are being confronted with scenarios involving the risk of clashes with Chinese military forces outside the Asian giant’s backyard.
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India joins the West on Syrian crisis
Posted by seumasach on July 21, 2012
19th July, 2012
Russia and China have vetoed the resolution on Syria sponsored by the United States, France, Germany and Portugal at the United Nations Security Council. This is not surprising, as Moscow and Beijing have been consistent in their opposition to any form of UNSC mandate being deliberately misused or misinterpreted by the Western powers to justify an eventual military intervention in Syria — as had happened over Libya an year ago.
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Why India shouldn’t prevaricate on Iran
Posted by seumasach on June 15, 2012
14th June, 2012
Russia is trying to produce something out of the hat at next week’s meeting between P5+1 and Iran, which it will be hosting. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov went to Tehran on Wednesday. He likely carried some fresh proposals. From Tehran he proceeded to Kabul to attend the conference there on Thursday (regarding Afghanistan’s future), for which US deputy secretary of state William Burns (former US ambassador to Russia) also arrived at the Afghan capital. Conceivably, Lavrov and Burns found time to exchange notes. Iranian FM Ali Akbar Salehi was also available at the Kabul conference.
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India eschews linchpin role in US strategy to ‘rebalance’ Asia
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2012
Shastri Ramachandaran
12th June, 2012
The India-US Strategic Dialogue begins in Washington today, but the road to the meeting hasn’t been easy.
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Draw at Doha
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2012
Vijay Prashad
1st May, 2012
Last Thursday. the delegates at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) came to the closing ceremony. It was delayed by a few hours because the final document needed to be translated. A short delay was acceptable. Far worse would have been deadlock on the final declaration. It would have delivered a victory to those who want to see UNCTAD’s ability to continue doing its work curtailed.
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