After the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[United States]] published two documents in 1996, ''Joint Vision 2010'' which promoted [[Full Spectrum Dominance]], and ''A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm'' detailing how the [[US]] [[hegemon]]'s plan to dominate [[West Asia]]. In response, Russian Foreign Minister [[Yevgeny Primakov]] formulated what was later called the Primakov Doctrine of which the core of BRICS—RIC—would eventually emerge.