Brics can only provide credible leadership in a changing global order when it addresses its many inner contradictions.

In over a decade in office, Xi never once missed a BRICS summit. Officially, Chinese officials informed Brazil that Xi had a ...

The recently concluded BRICS Leaders’ Summit in Rio took place against the backdrop of great geopolitical flux. After years ...

At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to ...

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In the absence of Putin and Xi, the summit was dominated by Brazil’s Lula and India’s Modi, the leaders of the two largest BRICS democracies – and the least interested in turning the grouping into an ...

Whether it’s illness, pressing preoccupation or sidelining by his own system, one thing is clear: China may be entering a ...

In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his ...

Two former Israeli reservists, who served after the Gaza war began, have now refused to continue fighting. They say the ...

Former Microsoft executive and first leader in Pakistan, Jawwad Rehman, announced the company's exit in a LinkedIn post on ...

STRATEGIC SHIFT OR SILENT WARNING? CHINESE SYMBOLISM ON CONFIDENCE IN FULL PLAY M A Hossain In the realm of global politics, symbolism matters almost as much as substance. President Xi Jinping of ...