BRIC countries - the new economic order of the post-crisis world

In the conditions of the modern world with its global transformation of the economic order and quite a noticeable vector of changing the geopolitical balance of forces, the BRIC abbreviation, which is more correctly called BRICS, accentuates the enigmatic and gaining strength every year, in view of joining to Brazil, Russia, India and China Republic of South Africa. Today, the BRIC countries have become extremely prominent players in the world economic and political arena.

States that were considered a few decades ago as an enlightened and well-fed developing country are rapidly turning into economic, industrial, political and military giants of the present world. At first glance, they are so different, these countries have much in common. First of all, they are all unusually rich in minerals and natural resources. In addition, the BRIC countries are the four most powerful markets, each of which has its own unique features.

What could bind together such different states and completely dissimilar nations with completely different mentality? And they are united by a great variety of factors. But they are mainly characterized by the presence of the most powerful economic potential and ambitious ambitions of state leaders wishing to resist in all aspects the countries of the Big Six - the United States, France, Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy, which, incidentally, are experiencing a severe economic crisis, in considerable Which affects their power.

All BRIC countries, this association of monsters of the world economy, in the recent past have experienced either a change in the political system or a drastic change in the state course, which gave them the opportunity to play with the countries of the Big Six according to their rules and their field. While the preponderance is clearly not on the side of the West and Japan that has joined it.

In light of the recent accession of South Africa to this association, the overall economic potential of this magnificent quintet has increased noticeably. Given the global crisis, it is possible that in the near future Russia and the BRICS will turn into key figures of the world economy. And, perhaps, not only the economy ...

In any case, all prerequisites for this are evident. Already today, the BRIC countries have five of the top 10 largest megacities of the planet, on the territory of which not only grandiose capitals are concentrated, but many millions of wealthy consumers who tirelessly aspire to the heights of the socio-economic ladder. It is in these cities-giants or even conglomerates of cities - that the number of millionaires increases at an incredible rate, which no country of the Big Six can boast of.

The term BRIC first appeared in business vocabulary in 2003 with the easy hand of economist Jim O'Neill, who described the economic picture of the future world. According to his forecasts, no later than 2050, the united economic potential of the BRIC countries will allow them to occupy a dominant position on the planet and significantly surpass not only the United States, but all the Western European countries combined. This quintet experts unanimously predict the fate of the most investment-promising states of the world during the twenty-first century. It is in this capacity that even now countries hiding under the abbreviation BRIC appear in numerous economic reports and reports of various authoritative international financial institutions.