The era of the United States as unrivalled global leader is over. Small alliances of like-minded countries are growing in importance
Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russia n president Vladimir Putin in Beijing . Photograph: Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via APthis month, they issued a joint declaration that attracted little attention or comment. But an unobtrusive line towards the end of the statement caused some of the western diplomats watching in the hall to sit up and take notice.
‘Prime minister Farage’: Reform UK leader says party has ‘come of age’ and could win the next election “In the recent Ukraine crisis, Nato, led by the United States, ignored the principle of the indivisibility of security and blindly pursued eastward expansion. This violated the pan-European security arrangement, and instead gave rise to the current security crisis in Europe. Military alliances and group confrontations will only jeopardise world peace.
When the US failed to win UN security council authorisation for its invasion of Iraq in 2003, it formed a “coalition of the willing”. Minilateralism, the formation of small alliances or groups of like-minded countries, such as the Quad made up of the US, India, Japan and Australia has become more common.
Brics, originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has instead emerged as an alternative pole of influence to the G7. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates joined Brics at the beginning of this year, Saudi Arabia has been offered membership and Turkey this month applied to join.
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