Editorial Trump’s project in Latin America has suffered a major setback with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election. At 80, the veteran Brazilian leader has made electoral history, securing a fourth, non-consecutive
Editorial Trump’s project in Latin America has suffered a major setback with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election. At 80, the veteran Brazilian leader has made electoral history, securing a fourth, non-consecutive
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BRICS is seeking to reshape the international balance of power through new development finance, alternative payment systems and greater use of national currencies. Yet its ambitions face formidable obstacles, from Western financial
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The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, occurred amid an exceptional intensification of international contradictions. Wars in West Asia, unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers, and the weaponisation of finance and
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The BRICS grouping was created as an alternative to a global order dominated by a handful of powerful Western nations led by the United States. Its members now account for a combined
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Alexander Dugin argues that Iran and Yemen’s Ansar Allah became the banner of the BRICS summit, and that one more step from Modi will tilt the balance against a fractured West.
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The 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi highlighted both India’s growing diplomatic influence and the limits of summit diplomacy built around carefully managed symbolism. While India secured a consensus declaration and projected
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India’s growing influence within BRICS and the Global South gives it an opportunity to challenge the dominance of the Western-led international order. With the BRICS presidency, New Delhi can push for greater
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
More There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance of a turning point. The BRICS Summit convened
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology
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The enlargement of BRICS presents Africa with a wider field of economic possibilities by bringing the continent into closer relationship with some of the world’s largest markets, important sources of development finance
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo China and Sri Lanka should deepen bilateral cooperation while expanding their engagement with BRICS and the wider Global South, Professor Wang Lei, Director of the BRICS Cooperation
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The 18th BRICS Summit will be held in New Delhi, India, on September 12-13. This is already India’s fourth time assuming the BRICS rotating chairmanship, and the international community is closely watching
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When Jim O’Neill, then head of global economic research at Goldman Sachs, published his influential paper in 2001, he was describing an economic phenomenon rather than designing a political alliance. Brazil, Russia,
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On September 12–13, 2026, India will take centre stage as host of the 18th BRICS Summit, bringing together an increasingly consequential gathering of the Global South. The small five-member group that India
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