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View all search resultsBRICS can offer alternative global governance: Forum
Experts and analysts gathering at the BRICS forum on think tanks and the media in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro late last week applauded the club of 11 emerging nations, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, for its ability to remain united and claimed that its consensus-based decision-making process could be a saving grace in a world that is becoming more conflicted.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (from left), Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China's Premier Li Qiang, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pose for a family photo during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's “indiscriminate“ trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. (AFP/Pablo Porciuncula)
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s the world is increasingly roiled in tension and discord originating from the Global North, BRICS could become a beacon of stability and cooperation, as well as a new means to deliberate on ways to solve pressing global problems.
Experts and analysts gathering at the BRICS forum on think tanks and the media in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro late last week applauded the club of 11 emerging nations, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, for its ability to remain united and claimed that its consensus-based decision-making process could be a saving grace in a world that is becoming more conflicted.
“The BRICS’ system of consensus rather than voting is a very important safeguard, it requires making decisions and initiatives to be unanimous. This is even more important in conflictual times like now, at a time when the United States seeks to sow division,” political commentator Martin Jacques told the forum.
Jacques said that BRICS unity in the face of its own diversity could be a source of strength and potential as it would deal with what he termed the “exhausted and homogenous” West.
He said that countries under BRICS could look to their peers in the Global South as to which development path to take, rather than prescriptions offered by the neoliberal institutions championed by the US.
“Instead of looking to the likes of the Washington Consensus, they are able to learn from China’s development path, and of course usually from each other,” Jacques told the forum.
More than 200 experts and media leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro late last week in a post-BRICS leaders’ summit event to discuss ways to enhance collaboration between think tanks and media organizations.
