Hizrieva S.S. Russia-Brazil partnership in BRICS: digital diplomacy to strategic cyber-security

Abstract: Today, the influence of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South African Republic) on world economy and the formation of global regulation and coordination mechanisms for regional and sub-regional associations, grows rapidly. In the end, this reinforces the multi-level system of world economy management that allows for more stability, and, with a crisis at hand, helps compensate for temporary problems. Because if this, the integrated association is under constant informational pressure on behalf of the USA. The methodological basis for this research consists of the systemic, structural-functional, comparative-political and informational approaches, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, observation, expert evaluations, modeling, comparison. The author demonstrates the evolution of BRICS integration mechanisms, and attempts to uncover the technologies that Russia and Brazil employ to defend against the USA in information warfare. The author analyzes and describes the system of ideological and value-based war between BRICS and leading Western countries (spearheaded by the USA and their politico-military allies), that allows to deter the growing American expansion and defend BRICS sovereignty via the means of information and psychological warfare.

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