Isolationist doomed to failure: Brazilian expert on BRICS expansion

STORY: Isolationist doomed to failure: Brazilian expert on BRICS expansion DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views about BRICS summit 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of China-Brazil Center for Research and Business STORYLINE: Ronnie Lins, director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, has emphasized the importance of cooperation, saying the isolationist posture is doomed to failure. He made the remarks when talking about the BRICS expansion. At the just-concluded BRICS summit, six countries, namely Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were officially invited to join the BRICS. SOUNDBITE (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of China-Brazil Center for Research and Business "The intention to join the bloc is to carry out concrete actions to help create better internal conditions for the countries. The world will only have a bright future through pea

U.S. Navy band parades at "Black Ship Festival" in Shizuoka Pref.

U.S. Navy band parades at "Black Ship Festival" in Shizuoka Pref.

A U.S. Navy band parades during the Black Ship Festival in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on May 16, 2015. The festival celebrates the arrival in Japan in 1853 of a squadron of U.S. vessels -- then called "Black Ships" -- led by Commodore Matthew Perry on a mission to demand the isolationist country's opening to the rest of the world. (Photo courtesy of Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dutch princess in Nagasaki

Dutch princess in Nagasaki

Japanese Prince Akishino (L), his wife Princess Kiko (R) and Dutch Princess Laurentien cut the tape at a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the Main Gate Bridge to Dejima, an artificial island built in the 17th century, in Nagasaki on Nov. 24, 2017. Dutch merchants were allowed to engage in trade on the island even when Japan adopted an isolationist policy until the mid-19th century. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dutch princess in Nagasaki

Dutch princess in Nagasaki

Japanese Prince Akishino (C), his wife Princess Kiko (R) and Dutch Princess Laurentien (3rd from R) cross the new Main Gate Bridge to Dejima, an artificial island built in the 17th century, in Nagasaki on Nov. 24, 2017. Dutch merchants were allowed to engage in trade on the island even when Japan adopted an isolationist policy until the mid-19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo