By Eva Seiwert The first BRICS+ Summit after the group’s enlargement in January 2024 allowed Russian host Vladimir Putin to style himself as a non-isolated world leader, but the lack of substantial developments on core topics highlights the disparities among its nine member states’ ambitions for the organization, rather than their unity. While BRICS must […]
The BRICS Summit held in Kazan from October 22–24, 2024, brought attention to several defining factors regarding Latin American countries that will be important for the continent’s political and economic development in the near term. With the admission of two countries from this region as associate members of the bloc, the Latin American presence in […]
Indonesia’s formal application to join BRICS, confirmed recently by Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Roy Soemirat, highlights the bloc’s increasing appeal among emerging economies. In the 15 years since its first summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, BRICS has overcome huge internal differences and external challenges to play a vital role in global trade, development, investment […]
Incoming US President Donald Trump is obsessed with imposing tariffs, believing this will resurrect the ailing economy. However, the Republican faces the challenge that his reckless tariffs policy will only strengthen efforts to replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency, especially fearing a BRICS currency. In a Truth Social post on November 30, […]
While German authorities draw up a list of bunkers while simultaneously provoking Russia by arming Ukraine, the real panic in the country is in the economy, especially as German industrial giants continue to lay off tens of thousands of workers. Yet, despite the economic calamity, Berlin is still not considering the removal of sanctions on […]
On December 3, the Russian military demonstrated the true design of its 3M22 “Zircon” hypersonic missile for the first time. The footage shows the weapon being launched from the 3S14 UKSK vertical launch system (VLS). The launch platform was the Russian Navy’s “Admiral Gorshkov”, a frigate that regularly causes panic in NATO headquarters due to its long-range anti-ship and land-attack capabilities. […]
In a meeting in New Delhi, Indian officials and their Russian counterparts discussed, among others, collaboration on the training of Indian sailors for polar navigation, joint shipbuilding projects, and the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). For this, Indian stakeholders will collaborate with Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation specialising in high-tech nuclear products. […]
Western narratives about “democracy” and “electoral transparency” seem to be mere rhetoric – conveniently used against enemies and ignored when Western countries violate such “rules”. Recently, Romania illegally and unjustifiably annulled the results of its presidential elections just to prevent an anti-EU candidate from winning. This case clearly shows how European countries are willing to […]
Around 40% of Turkey’s annual natural gas demand of 56 billion cubic metres is supplied by Russia. However, payment disruptions caused by the Ukraine war and US sanctions have created significant risks for Turkey’s energy security, making the search for alternative supply routes a necessity. Despite US sanctions on Iran, Turkey has been able to […]
US President Donald Trump has refired conversations about a BRICS currency this week, following threats to ‘impose 100% tariffs’ on any nation from the emerging economic bloc. One-year ago, ahead of the 2023 BRICS Summit held in Sandton, the topic of a BRICS currency was well and truly put to bed when economic experts explained […]
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