The international system is undergoing a period of structural change in which technology, geopolitical competition and the shifting economic centre of gravity are interacting to weaken established patterns of Western dominance, according
The international system is undergoing a period of structural change in which technology, geopolitical competition and the shifting economic centre of gravity are interacting to weaken established patterns of Western dominance, according
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Chávez arrived at the General Assembly with a book in hand, Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky. His warning was simple yet devastating: the United States’s pretence of dominating the world put
More 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
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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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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For forty years, the countries of the Global South were told that economic planning was an error. The state was to retreat, tariffs were to fall, public firms were to be privatised,
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Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are navigating a common challenge: how to continue economic development and improve living standards while protecting the environment. To address this challenge, they are
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In 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a paper by the influential economist Robert H. Wade titled ‘The Role of Industrial Policy in Developing Countries’. Wade argued
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The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order. This
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Is the Global South merely a relic of postcolonial discourse, or does it retain analytical potency? Are these nations passive victims of systemic inequities, or do domestic choices exacerbate their vulnerabilities? These
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Editorial Where were the BRICS countries when one of their permanent members was struck and its head of state was decapitated? Not issuing warnings. Not convening emergency sessions. Not even speaking in
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On India’s 79th Independence Day, in August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted his speech to Viksit Bharat 2047 (Developed India 2047) and announced a National Manufacturing Mission. The mission, he said, must ‘reduce import
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Pakistan’s renewed call for expanded global climate financing is not simply a policy statement. It is the voice of a nation shaped by catastrophe, resilience, and a deeply unfair climate reality. When
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