Walter Ladwig writes on the BRICS countries
Walter Ladwig, an Oxford student reading for his DPhil in international relations, has published an opinion-piece in The New York Times (26 March), examining how much the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) can really be seen as a unified bloc.
He writes, "The priority that individual states give to pursuing their own national interests challenges their ability to function as a coherent bloc. Were Brics to consist of states where commonalities outweighed their differences, this would be less of a problem. But aside from impressive economic growth over the past decade and an individual desire for a greater say in the institutions of global economic governance, these disparate countries have little in common."
The full article can be read here.
