Brazil's first BRICS Sherpa meeting set the stage for 2025, focusing on health, climate, economic cooperation, AI governance, and multilateralism, reinforcing the bloc's global influence and unity.
I like the fact that BRICS keeps talking about updating and reforming the UN and it's institutions rather than just getting a wrecking ball to it and the current geopolitical state of things
This shows that BRICS is pragmatic and realistic and willing to work with existing institutions rather than replace them. So there should not be a fear amongst Western nations that BRICS is coming to put them out of business but rather, there should be cooperation with it so the whole world can transition better into the inevitable multilateral phase we're heading into
Global hegemony is dead, multipolarism is the new order of the day. The sooner all nations recognize this as a fact, the sooner we can birth this new state of affairs in a proper and less painful manner. I'm really encouraged by the steps BRICS has taken this far, let's hope things continue to develop nicely
Multilateralism is when countries work together, often in groups, to solve global problems or make decisions—think of it like a team effort, where everyone gets a say. Multipolarism is a world where power is spread out among several countries, rather than being dominated by just one or two big players. It’s about balancing influence, so no single country has too much control.
So multilaterism seems to be about working together for issues whilst multipolarism is about how Power is evenly spread between all Nations of the world 🌍
So basically, multilaterism is active whilst multipolarism is more latent.. did I get it right?
Yes, exactly. Multilateralism is indeed more about active collaboration, countries coming together to tackle specific issues. It's about action and working as a group to make decisions. Multipolarism, on the other hand, is more like a structural framework, it’s about the balance of power across the world, where no single nation holds too much influence. It’s latent in the sense that it’s about how the world is organized, rather than a specific action being taken.
I like the fact that BRICS keeps talking about updating and reforming the UN and it's institutions rather than just getting a wrecking ball to it and the current geopolitical state of things
This shows that BRICS is pragmatic and realistic and willing to work with existing institutions rather than replace them. So there should not be a fear amongst Western nations that BRICS is coming to put them out of business but rather, there should be cooperation with it so the whole world can transition better into the inevitable multilateral phase we're heading into
Global hegemony is dead, multipolarism is the new order of the day. The sooner all nations recognize this as a fact, the sooner we can birth this new state of affairs in a proper and less painful manner. I'm really encouraged by the steps BRICS has taken this far, let's hope things continue to develop nicely
*Multilaterism, not multipolarism
Maybe you meant "Multilateralism" but no, we specifically meant Multipolarism
Please explain the difference between those two terms to me. I'm not quite clear on that
Sure!
Multilateralism is when countries work together, often in groups, to solve global problems or make decisions—think of it like a team effort, where everyone gets a say. Multipolarism is a world where power is spread out among several countries, rather than being dominated by just one or two big players. It’s about balancing influence, so no single country has too much control.
Thanks a mill for the breakdown ✊🏼
So multilaterism seems to be about working together for issues whilst multipolarism is about how Power is evenly spread between all Nations of the world 🌍
So basically, multilaterism is active whilst multipolarism is more latent.. did I get it right?
Yes, exactly. Multilateralism is indeed more about active collaboration, countries coming together to tackle specific issues. It's about action and working as a group to make decisions. Multipolarism, on the other hand, is more like a structural framework, it’s about the balance of power across the world, where no single nation holds too much influence. It’s latent in the sense that it’s about how the world is organized, rather than a specific action being taken.
Thanks for the update!