What exactly do you mean when you say "consensus" with regard to BRICS? I've heard people say this about NATO wrt Sweden and Finland, but I believe unanimity is required.
I’m telling you when people use it in connection with organizations like NATO or BRICS it means unanimity. If that doesn’t align with Wikipedia I really don’t know what to tell you.
If you have to draw a distinction it means no specific objection to an action versus an affirmative need for everyone to vote yes. Expansion requires unanimity but operational decisions could be characterized as something less than that.
Unanimity would also mean any nation has a veto. I do not think this is true outside of enlargement, and even then I suspect this is not the case. Why would Canada or Iceland object to anything going on in Bulgaria or Turkey?
I still don't know what the BRICS or G7 actually do.
What exactly do you mean when you say "consensus" with regard to BRICS? I've heard people say this about NATO wrt Sweden and Finland, but I believe unanimity is required.
It’s the same thing.
no... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making
but maybe it means something specific in international relations?
I’m telling you when people use it in connection with organizations like NATO or BRICS it means unanimity. If that doesn’t align with Wikipedia I really don’t know what to tell you.
Well, NATO has a definition I guess: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49178.htm
That aligns with what I understand: reach agreement without strong objections.
If you have to draw a distinction it means no specific objection to an action versus an affirmative need for everyone to vote yes. Expansion requires unanimity but operational decisions could be characterized as something less than that.
Unanimity would also mean any nation has a veto. I do not think this is true outside of enlargement, and even then I suspect this is not the case. Why would Canada or Iceland object to anything going on in Bulgaria or Turkey?