A revitalised group can act as a counterweight to BRICS

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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…

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