BRIC countries, an embarrassing international organization.
In 2001, Jim O'Neill, chief economist of Goldman Sachs, first proposed the concept of "BRIC", which is the acronym for the English names of four emerging market countries: China, Brazil , Russia and India.
Because the spelling and pronunciation of "BRIC" are similar to the English word "brick", Chinese media and scholars have translated "BRIC" as "BRICS".
After the concept of "BRICS" was born, it quickly aroused strong repercussions in the international community. In particular, the four protagonist countries have developed more and more tacit understanding and become a new model of international cooperation.
At the initiative of Russia, the BRICS countries held their first foreign ministers' meeting in September 2006, and then the leaders of the four countries met for the first time in June 2009. Their mutual understanding and international influence continued to increase.
In 2011, South Africa officially joined the BRICS organization, and since then the English name of the BRICS has been changed to "BRICS".
As an economic organization composed of five international emerging markets, the BRICS countries have continuously sought to improve and expand their international influence in the days since their establishment, and have achieved extremely gratifying results.
In the context of developing a closer, broader and more comprehensive strategic partnership, consolidating the "three-wheel drive" cooperation framework of economy, trade and finance, political security, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and establishing the "BRICS+" cooperation concept, the BRICS The BRIC partners have comprehensively deepened cooperation in all fields, sought to build a more comprehensive, closer, pragmatic and inclusive partnership, and made great efforts to jointly respond to challenges and safeguard the common interests of emerging markets and developing countries.
With the vigorous development of cooperation among the BRICS countries, the majority of third world countries have also expressed their good wishes to jointly draw a blueprint for the future with the BRICS countries. In particular, Iran and Argentina have directly submitted their accession funds. Brick Nation Application.
For the BRICS countries, this is another expansion after the "joining" of South Africa. It is the best proof that the influence of the BRICS countries continues to expand and their status becomes more and more important.
You must know that the BRICS countries are an international organization that accounts for 26.46% of the world's land area and 42.58% of the world's population. In 2001, its total GDP accounted for only 8.41% of the world's. However, only 20 years later, in 2021, the BRICS countries GDP accounts for 23.98% of the world's total. Such a booming international organization naturally attracts other countries to follow.
And if Iran and Argentina successfully "join", then the "BRICS" will become the "BRICS". Not only will their influence be greater, but they will also be able to compete with the Western G7 group and even "the east wind will prevail over the west wind" " situation.
After all, the G7 group composed of Western countries has been jumping up and down all year round and insisting on doing evil, which has had a huge negative impact on the international community. Under such circumstances, the "BRICS", as an emerging cooperative organization, can naturally play a role in constraining and restricting the G7 group.
But the question is, can the BRICS countries really compete with the G7 group? Jing Yeshi believes that even if Iran and Argentina join, it will be difficult for the "BRICS" to compete with the G7 group.
The fundamental reason for such a pessimistic conclusion is that the BRICS countries are fundamentally different from the G7 group in terms of membership and organizational structure.
Compared with the G7 group, the biggest feature of the BRICS countries is that "we are all brothers within the four seas."
It should be said that there is nothing wrong with such a composition of members. After all, the G7 group also comes from the Americas, Europe and Asia. If you look closely, the BRICS countries are no different.
But the problem is that the members of the G7 group are basically members of the old imperialist club. After the second industrial revolution they entered the imperialist stage one after another, and they have the strength and influence to stand out among the others.
More importantly, After the end of World War II , they all "united" around imperialism with the United States as its core.
Compared with other members of the imperialist club, the United States started late but developed rapidly. Its location far away from the European continent and its vast natural environment made the rise of the United States a great power unstoppable.
But the shallow Atlantic Ocean has also blocked the United States' desire to dominate the world. After all, since the beginning of the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, Europe has always been the center of the international political stage. If it wants to dominate the world, it must dominate Europe.
Under such circumstances, the United States participated in World War I but failed. So the United States supported the rise of Nazi Germany after the First World War and became the initiator of World War II.
After the end of World War II, the Western European continent, which was the center of the international political stage in the past, completely declined, and the United States and the Soviet Union became neck-and-neck superpowers.
At that time, the Western European countries were severely weakened after World War II and never regained their former courage. In addition, the United States and the Soviet Union promoted the independence of third world nations. Western European countries that had lost their colonies had to follow the lead of the United States. Subsequently, the United States launched the "Marshall Plan" in 1947, which helped Western European countries quickly achieve economic recovery and at the same time completely reduced them to American economic colonies.
Not only that, the United States also took the lead in establishing the " North Atlantic Treaty Organization " in 1949, and cooperated with military garrisons in Western European countries to weave an impenetrable dragnet.
Japan, on the other hand, was directly an exclusive colony of the United States after the war. After the founding of New China in 1949, the situation in East Asia changed dramatically, especially after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Japan became the frontline and springboard for the United States to contain the socialist camp in East Asia, and even became the base camp of the United Nations Army.
Relying on the snow-like arms orders, Japan's first pot of gold for economic revival. Later, Japan used its preserved industrial system to actively undertake industrial transfers from developed countries such as the United States, and continuously updated its industry.
By 1968, Japan had surpassed the Federal Republic of Germany and became the capitalist world's No. 2 economic power after the United States. And because Japan's export-oriented economy relies heavily on the international market dominated by the United States, the relationship between the United States and Japan is even stronger than gold.
Therefore, under the leadership and control of the United States, the G7 group members from the Americas, Europe and Asia have long been deeply tied to the United States. They occupy economic and technological advantages and carry out barbaric plunder on developing countries. They are colluding interest groups.
By contrast, the BRICS countries have been uneven from the start. In addition to the huge gap in GDP, Russia was once a member of the G8 group that was integrated with the G7 group. It was not expelled until the Crimean crisis broke out in 2014.
And compared with China, which has the most complete industrial system in the world, Russia can only make a living by selling oil and gas resources and weapons after experiencing the tragic blow of the disintegration of the Soviet Union .
Compared with Russia, India is even worse. As we all know, since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1950, India has not only stood side by side with the Soviet Union all year round, but has even become a half-brother. India has long been favored by the United States and other Western countries because of its large size and disgusting orientation and size of New China. Youjia is a veritable "model of democracy" and "pioneer of freedom" in the eyes of Western countries.
In the context of being favored by the United States and Russia at the same time, it is really unclear whether India can wholeheartedly integrate with the BRICS countries.
In addition, Brazil and South Africa are not worth mentioning.
It is doubtful whether five countries with such vastly different backgrounds and different agendas can generate a powerful synergy when they stand together.
If Iran and Argentina are added to the list, the situation becomes even more self-evident.
In Jing Yeshi's view, the most essential flaw of the BRICS countries is that there is no unshakable "reason". To put it bluntly, this concept was essentially proposed by our opponents, not ourselves. As the saying goes, "If an egg is broken from the inside, it is life; if it is broken from the outside, it is food." To be defined by the enemy, for us, it is "unknown".
continues to develop on this basis. Although it can "take advantage of the situation", it will undoubtedly end up getting more and more deviated.
What’s even more terrible is that before Iran and Argentina joined, there was a lack of core and soul among the BRICS countries.
Compared with the situation in which the United States holds sway and calls the shots in the G7 group, there is always a lack of a strong mainstay within the BRICS countries.
This situation also has the same problem in Shanghai Cooperation Organization . Excluding the roles of Brazil, South Africa and India, who is the main force between China and Russia?
In Jingye Shi’s view, if this problem remains unresolved for a long time, the BRICS countries will inevitably repeat the “mistakes” of and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , and become increasingly powerless as they expand.
The biggest boost for the current BRICS organization is the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. However, if the issue of who is the leader is not resolved, then the BRICS countries will inevitably lose their ability to compete with the G7 group and will be difficult to play a greater role in the international community. influence.
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I am Jing Yeshi, looking forward to your attention.
