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

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 ...

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

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Xi’s absence from the two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro comes at a critical moment for BRICS, which owes its acronym to early members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and since 2024 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Xi’s absence from the two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro comes at a critical moment for BRICS, which owes its acronym to early members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and since 2024 ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) is greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin during an official welcoming ceremony for delegations' heads at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on Oct 23, 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes China's President Xi Jinping during the official welcoming ceremony at BRICS Summit in Kazan. Sergey Bobylev/brics-russia2024.ru/dpa 24,739 people ...