BRICS – A HOMOGENOUS GROUP OR JUST SOME COMMON INTERESTS?
BRICS had received, even before South Africa’s joining, an important role on the world stage: to transform the international system from a predominantly unipolar one dominated by the U.S., in a multipolar one. Analyzing the socio-economic and military characteristics of the BRICS countries, one might notice that the differences between them are obvious, and in this context, the author intends to study and clarify inconsistencies between the desire to set up a homogeneous group, with one strong voice, and the different, often conflicting, characteristics and interests of the Member States.
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