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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) greets US President Joe Biden before the launch of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. Ricardo STUCKERT/AFP

The G20 needs a grand bargain with the Global South

A revitalised group can act as a counterweight to BRICS

Robert A. Manning 19 November 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP

BRICS 2024: New members and old challenges

While the Kazan Summit can claim some successes, diverging agendas make the search for the soul of the Global South more challenging

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower 05 November 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a festive reception of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. AFP

BRICS Summit: A diplomatic coup for Putin but light on detail

The number and seniority of the participants that showed up in Kazan helped Putin show that the West's attempts to portray Russia as a pariah have largely failed

Omer Onhon 26 October 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Iran's conservative Parliament Speaker on the sidelines of a BRICS parliamentary forum in Saint Petersburg on July 11, 2024. Valery SHARIFULIN/ AFP

Putin to unveil his vision for a more balanced world in Kazan

BRICS+ wants to offset Western domination, including via 'de-dollarisation'. It certainly has grown in numbers and influence, but some potential joiners are getting cold feet.

Nazareth Seferian 21 October 2024
Leaders of the BRICS countries pose for a group photo in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. AP

Is an expanded BRICS a threat to the West?

The expansion of BRICS should be seen not as the disrupter of the Western-dominated global order, but as a symptom of the fact that this order has already passed.

Christopher Phillips 01 September 2023
President of China Xi Jinping attends the plenary session as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his remarks virtually during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23. Reuters

BRICS influence grows as it invites six countries to join

The invitation to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ethiopia, Argentina and Iran symbolises the formation of a new world order amongst developing countries

Vumani Mkhize 24 August 2023
Algeria has some ways to go before being able to meet the requirements to join BRICS, one of which is a strong GDP. To this end, Algeria has set its sights on doubling its oil and gas production. Shutterstock

Algeria's road to BRICS is not paved

Algeria has some ways to go before being able to meet the requirements to join BRICS, one of which is a strong GDP. To this end, Algeria has set its sights on doubling its oil and gas production.

Rabia Khreis 24 August 2023
Diana Estefana Rubio

Can BRICS break the dollar's hegemony?

BRICS has proven its international importance and its ability to drive global economic growth and innovation; it seeks to develop a unified and constructive global governance model and launch a…

Al Majalla - London 22 August 2023
In possibly one of the most consequential BRICS summits since the bloc was created in 2006, over 60 global leaders are expected to attend the summit in Johannesburg Shutterstock

BRICS Summit 2023: How emerging economies are reshaping the geopolitical landscape

In possibly one of the most consequential BRICS summits since the bloc was created in 2006, over 60 global leaders are expected to attend the summit in Johannesburg

Vumani Mkhize 21 August 2023
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