The assertion that the summit is "another important step on the road to an alternative world order" was unsupported and I would have liked the piece to include examples of the "powerful and compelling" critique of the current world order." Pieces elsewhere linked to the joint statement released after the summit. This piece glosses over the difficulties entailed (including the border disputes between India and China and the traditional animosity between Russia and China) and reads like pr. I've linked to another BRIC piece that provides more background and acknowledgment of the difficulties, especially in including Russia among the emerging nations. In fact, the piece I've linked to in the Financial Times, which I'm hoping ... More »

This opinion paints the BRIC alliance as an very positive development in the world political economy. It makes a solid case, though there are many claims presented that are not back up by any evidence (see quotes).

This opinion piece provides important alternative perspectives regarding what constitutes a global economic superpower. Very informative -- if readers are not familiar with the coalition of BRIC countries (which are Brazil, Russia, India, China), they should.

it gave a lot of information but it doesn't grab the readers attention unless your interested in this specific topic it wasn't very insightful just very informative.

While this article is informative, it is not very insightful. The article just sticks to straight facts.I do not really trust this publication; which is why I am hesitant in recommending this story. Overall, it is just an informative article.

Interesting article about a topic matter I had heard nothing about.

This is an opinion piece which makes it hard to trust this publication. It didn't have many cited sources and because of that I was a bit weary of this piece.

It is informative because it tells you a lot about BRIC and the countries involvements. It is good to hear about the economy from somewhere outside of the trade relationship between China and the US.

The brick world order from the Moscow Times. I feel this is an article looking for some hope. Looking at the new world powers and how they could possibly change the world, Especially since they have withstood the recession.

This is just alright. I feel like there could have been more references and a little more informative. It would have been nice if they briefly touched on what G7 and G20 are. But other than those things, it was nice. I also enjoyed the illustration they included.