Strategic interventions in international institutions become systematic with “BRICS”.

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, Larry Kata-Backer, professor of law and international relations at Pennsylvania State University, USA, in an exclusive interview with the international department of the media group Mehr enumerated the interests of the “BRICS” group and its gradual maturity and becoming a powerful lever in international forums, including the United Nations.

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. This group, which was initially known as a platform to highlight investment opportunities, gradually turned into a real geopolitical bloc, and its annual meetings in the form of official summits to coordinate multilateral policies have been held regularly since 2009.

Bilateral relations between the BRICS member countries are mainly based on non-interference, equality and mutual benefits and are guided by will be The so-called founding countries of this group namely Brazil, Russia, India and China held the first summit in Yekaterinburg in 2009 and South Africa joined this group a year later. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and UAE also joined this group on January 1, 2024. Saudi Arabia has not officially joined BRICS yet, but participates in the organization’s activities as a guest member. Recently, Turkey, as one of the world’s largest economies, has submitted its request to join this group.

Following this request, the opinion of Larry Kata Becker, who is also a member of the American Law Center We inquired about the role of this group in the future world order.

Turkey has just joined BRICS He has applied. Previously, large economies such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also joined this group. What is the reason for the desire of countries in the world, especially Asian and African countries, to join BRICS?

It seems that countries that are not at the top of the world’s power have a greater desire to join organizations such as BRICS. ; Organizations that they are able to join or engage in joint activities or link to a high-ranking country through. The era of the Non-Aligned Movement, which is closely linked to the history of colonialism, is practically over. The end of this era is somehow connected with the end of another period, and that is the vision of the post-World War II globalization unit (1945); An approach with which the members of the Non-Aligned Movement were quite dynamic and sometimes tense.

Thus, the desire to join BRICS can be equated to joining NATO, the Arab League or the League of American States. Latino and Caribbean evaluated. In all these examples, membership brings collective benefits. These interests can always be defensive or offensive (in the face of other larger groups or even the internal interests of the group); Aggressive in that it can be used as a tool to advance national development plans or build solidarity. In this context, India and China are notable examples. These countries are competitors and sometimes enemies, but at the same time, they are aligned in many ways against common obstacles in the way of their strategic goals.

BRICS, like the “South American Common Market” agreement, provides an intergovernmental organizational framework that is dominated by Management is not a central institution and it operates freely. African countries also consider BRICS to be fruitful because, on the one hand, this group has acted as an important lever in the African Union, and on the other hand, it is considered as a tool for negotiating with Europe and the United States for the exploitation of natural resources and access to their markets.

Future How do you evaluate BRICS in the long term? Can we expect a new order?

I believe that BRICS has grown and matured as an intergovernmental organization that works in the interests of its members. will arrive The greatest benefit and value of BRICS is that it is considered a policy tool.

This group presents a narrative that contradicts the narrative of developed liberal democratic countries. Of course, this different narrative will be effective only if the member states share it at a high level. Most importantly, BRICS can play a role as a powerful tool in coordinating strategic interventions within international organizations such as the United Nations.