The discussion explores how BRICS influences and leads change in the existing multilateral institutions, and global governance forums, to make them more representative and reflective of the needs of nations, and the current geopolitical and geoeconomic realities of the world. In particular, what is the relevance, purpose and mission of multilateral systems like the UN? Is global governance better delivered through plurilateral groupings like the G20 and BRICS? How do we preserve the ethics of a global system in such groupings? And if such groupings are the norm, then who decides, and who manages the multilateral order?

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Speakers

André de Mello e Souza, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil

Victoria V. Panova, Director, Oriental Studies Institute, Russia

Ruchita Beri, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India

Shen Yi, Director and Professor, BRICS Research Centre of Fu Dan University, China

Philani Mthembu, Executive Director, Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD), South Africa