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world29 days ago•8 min saved

BRICS Expands, Yet Struggles to Map a Unified Challenge to the West

As BRICS gathers in New Delhi for a high-profile summit, analysts say the bloc has helped foster multipolarity and offer development alternatives outside Western institutions, boosting Global South influence, but it has yet to present a coherent challenge to the West. Its expanding membership enhances bargaining power, yet exposes internal divisions and maintains heavy dollar dependency, limiting collective action on security and policy. The summit will test whether BRICS can translate rhetoric into tangible influence, especially amid divergent positions on Iran and Western-led conflicts.

via Al Jazeera|

#brics #global-south #multipolarity

global-politics2 years ago•4 min saved

Navigating the Global Disorder: A Credibility Crisis in Global Politics

The shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world economy is not leading to a China-led alternative order, but rather to global instability. The Western-led global economic order is facing internal stress, eroding its effectiveness and legitimacy. As more countries build alternatives to the Western-led order, the global economy risks fragmentation, eroding America's leadership role and accelerating a shift toward disorder. The multilateral system is further undermined by its inability to address urgent global challenges. Russia's ability to maintain trading relationships despite sanctions and the perceived hollowness of the West's commitment to human rights in the Israel-Hamas conflict have fueled frustration with the Western-led order. To prevent further fragmentation and international disorder, Western powers must strengthen the existing multilateral architecture by reforming key institutions and addressing issues of voice and representation. Failure to do so would result in more global disorder and hinder our ability to tackle long-term challenges.

via Project Syndicate|

#fragmentation #global-disorder #global-politics