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President-elect Donald Trump's stance on BRICS countries creating new currency, BRICS expansion, and challenges to U.S. Dollar dominance discussed. Trump's...

Lord Lamont of Lerwick warned that a rival payments system would be a ‘major threat to the Western-led financial system’ if it ever came to pass.

The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in 2023, and more acutely at the recent 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy criticizes U.N. Secretary General Guterres for meeting with Putin at BRICS summit, sparking outrage and concerns about U.N. c...

Failure to contain the conflict has led to huge suffering and geopolitical shifts. Why didn’t the US commit to Nato?

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy criticizes U.N. Secretary-General's meeting with Putin at BRICS summit, raising concerns over international law and U.N. prin...

The recent Brics summit in the Russian city of Kazan was less notable for what happened at the meeting than for what happened before, on the margins, or not at all. Among the notable things that did not happen was another expansion of the organisation.

There’s a degree of irony that countries attending the 2024 Brics summit this week voted to adopt the Kazan declaration (named for the capital city of the autonomous republic of Tatarstan in Russia, where the summit is being held). The declaration’s first clause emphasises that “all states should act consistently…

Leaders from BRICS countries gather in Kazan to deepen financial cooperation, propose alternatives to Western payment systems, and address regional conflic...