A summit between the leaders of the US, India, Japan and Australia was expected in November. But it never happened.
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Five years after first putting forward the notion of ‘active nonalignment,’ former Chilean ambassador Jorge Heine returns to the subject.
It’s not clear yet that the Brics alliance is close to being able to achieve unity of purpose.
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
It’s clear that South Africa is aligned with the Russian Federation.
If the African delegation could convince the belligerents to find a peaceful solution, they will make a critical contribution to the climate for mediation.
The US’s negative attitude towards BRICS reflects its own weakening global power, especially its inability to isolate Russia in Europe and to contain China’s growing influence.
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Outgoing Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
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Visiting scholar, Texas A&M University; Sejong Institute
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Politics lecturer, Rhodes University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of International and Diplomacy Studies, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand