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Stewart Patrick, Sithembile Mbete, Matias Spektor, …
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BRICS and the Emerging New World Order
The countries of the Global South don't want to blindly follow the West because they are not sure if the West will survive in its current form. But they don't want to tie themselves up with China either, and certainly not with Russia.
About the Author
Former Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Matias Spektor was a nonresident scholar affiliated with the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- UN Security Council Reform: What the World ThinksResearch
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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