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

For Xi Jinping, the main challenge lies within China itself. His absence from BRICS may reflect a deeper issue—his weakening ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with ...

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

Summit positions BRICS Plus as a transformative force, with the Rio Declaration and expanded membership signaling multipolar ambitions. Yet, leadership absences, U.S. tariffs, and institutional ...

Anthony Albanese has been accused of not doing enough to strengthen the United States-Australia alliance, just days before he ...

Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. You will not encounter much in the way of exhilaration in similar milieus ...