What Should We Expect from BRICS and What Should We Not?

... they could reach, it still contained the idea of ​​a mutual balance of power. As a matter of fact, the destruction of this balance as a result of the rapid strengthening of Germany became the reason for the collapse of the entire Vienna system. In BRICS it is nearly unthinkable that there could be one leader, like in NATO or the G7, which would be able to discipline the other participants and achieve jointly-set goals (these goals, formulated within the framework of the “leadership” model of the institute, are achievable precisely because they satisfy the interests of the ...