cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57182784
cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57182782
Carney told reporters on Friday that “the world has changed” in recent years, and the progress made with China sets Canada up “well for the new world order”.
Canada’s relationship with China, he added, had become “more predictable” than its relationship with the US under the Trump administration.
Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Arab Emirates. But India and Brazil want the economic benefits without participating in security drills.
Brazil and India are among the founders of BRICS They are the B and I of the acronym.
The cooperation is economic and has no defense aspect AFAIK. So what BRICS related security drills would that be?
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brics-peaceful-will-2026-naval-exercises/
But when Brazil and India aren’t in that, it’s per definition not BRICS, the article state the exercise is by 3 BRICS members, but it is not BRICS. BRICS is way bigger now than the original 5 members.
Calling this a BRICS exercise is exclusively something that exist in the head of the author of the article, and there is absolutely zero reference to any BRICS defense pact.
Even if China, Russia, and South Africa make a defense pact, it is per definition not BRICS without including Brazil and India.
I don’t agree. We still call NATO NATO, although I believe it’s effectively toast.
Because formally NATO is still NATO.
China, Russia, and South Africa are not BRICS and nothing in the article you linked indicated the exercise had anything to do with the BRICS cooperation that is 100% economic.
Neither India nor Brazil want BRICS to become a Global South equivalent to NATO and instead see it as a forum for economic cooperation so their actions match their intentions.
The lead nation was China with Russia and Iran also participating in the most recent military exercise. Brazil likely would not want to participate given their proximity to the US and India is already part of other security partnerships (Quad).
I understand, it’s a delicate situation; I hope Brazil is taking some sort of security preparation because of their proximity to the United States.