On April 8 at 15:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host the presentation of a new report, titled “The Evolution of the BRICS Value Platform”.
BRICS has become a significant association for the leading countries of the global majority, and has attracted more and more participants, partners and observers. From the very beginning, the image of BRICS as an alternative to the West has prevailed in the perception of the member states, although representatives of these countries constantly emphasise that its activities are not directed against third countries. At the same time, as an independent centre of power and attraction, BRICS is beginning to establish its own values.
The analysis presented in the report of the declarations that follow regular BRICS summits shows the emergence of value principles. Through these, the association builds its activities, as well as common goals. In this way, the BRICS declarations differ from the declarations of the G20, where a common value platform is absent.
In the report, the author also analyses the results of the BRICS voting on anti-Russian and anti-Iranian resolutions in the UN General Assembly. According to the author, the results allow us to talk about a movement towards internal consolidation and the solidarity of BRICS.
What values and goals can be called common among BRICS members? How does the formation of a value platform affect the popularity of the group? What practical activity does the community engage in today? What is the level to which the BRICS countries coordinate with other international platforms and what prospects does this offer? The participants of the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
Speakers:
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Victoria Panova, Head of the “Expert Council on the Participation of the Russian Federation in the BRICS Association” (BRICS Expert Council), Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Sherpa of the Russian Federation in the “Women’s Twenty” (W20)
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Ekaterina Arapova, Director, Centre of Sanction Policy Expertise Institute for International Studies, Deputy Dean, Department of International Relations, MGIMO University
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Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director, Tshwane University of Technology; Associate Research Fellow, Tellus Institute, Elected Member, Academy of Science of South Africa.
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Marco Fernandes, Editor, Wenhua Zongheng International, Geopolitical Analyst, Brasil de Fato (Brazil)
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Pavel Knyazev, Sous-Sherpa of Russia to the BRICS, Ambassador–at–Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moderator:
The Valdai Discussion Club was established in 2004. It is named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the Club’s first meeting took place.
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