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Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Sankt-Petersburg State University, Russia

University of Hyderabad, India

University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Universities’ Think Tank Union (UTTU)

An increasingly multi-polarworld is undergoing a structural transformation, with power gradually shifting away from the West and leading to the emergence of new players. Among a number of international collaborative mechanisms, the grouping of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has emerged as an important voice to provide alternative perspectives on global affairs. Though initially proposed by Russia, the BRICS grouping has been dominated by China – as the world’s largest economy, in terms of purchasing power parity. The remit of the Chinese-initiated Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) includes creating global information and communication infrastructure. Though apart from Russia, the other three BRICS nations as yet are not directly involved in the BRI, they are likely to join, given the scope and scale of the $1 trillion project – the so-called ‘silk road for the twenty first century’ - to link Asia, Africa and Europe.

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