Articles | Lowy Institute

29 Nov 2024
Global Economy

IMF

BRICS

Multilateral Development Banks
Top jobs must go to the best candidates. International financial institutions should be no different

Robert Wihtol

The appointment of a new Asian Development Bank president highlights the need for a shift to competitive and transparent selection of senior management everywhere.
26 Nov 2024
Indonesia

BRICS
Joining BRICS+ is not in Indonesia’s interests

Gufron Gozali , M. Habib Pashya

An economic ambition will cloud broader impressions of joining what is an inescapably revisionist bloc.
13 Nov 2024
Global Economy

BRICS
BRICS Pay as a challenge to SWIFT network

Evan Freidin

It’s just an idea for now – but enough to worry the Western world about an alternative international payment system.
6 Nov 2024
China

Australia

Energy

Resource security

BRICS
New players on the bloc: Is BRICS+ a critical challenge?

Marina Yue Zhang

A growing roster of countries lined up in the grouping carries implications for Australia’s minerals policy.
1 Nov 2024
Indonesia

BRICS
Understanding Indonesia’s decision to (eventually) join BRICS

Klaus Heinrich Raditio

Prabowo doesn’t carry the same wariness of his predecessor – but nor is he going along with Russia and China’s agenda.
31 Oct 2024
G20

BRICS
A greater G20, and BRICS-by-BRICS, the Global South-led reform of international governance

Sunaina Kumar

Western-centric institutions are being challenged, and the buzz is only growing.
10 Oct 2024
BRICS
Whither the BRICS?

Ian Hill

On paper, BRICS is a heavy hitter. But differing goals could make the road ahead bumpy.
4 Sep 2024
Russia

Antarctica

BRICS

Environment

International law

Sustainability
Will Russia violate the Antarctic Treaty?

Sergey Sukhankin

For Moscow, science has always come second to ideology.
2 Aug 2024
Asean

Malaysia

BRICS
Will Malaysia build ASEAN with BRICS?

Shankaran Nambiar

As the next chair of the Southeast Asian grouping, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will likely share the concerns of his new BRICS partners.
19 Jul 2024
China

Diplomacy

Russia

BRICS

Human rights

International law

Multilateral Institutions
Does democracy still matter in the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China?

Sushil Aaron

Contradictions between the two models of governance make coexistence among superpowers difficult.
4 Jul 2024
BRICS

Africa
South Africa: Strange noises in the cabinet

Ashton Robinson

Some clever politicking has left ANC in the drivers’ seat, and this will direct foreign policy for the BRICS and beyond.
21 Jun 2024
Malaysia

BRICS
Malaysia: Pushing the chips in on neutrality

Peter Brian M. Wang , Rahul Mishra

Growing US-China rivalry is not turning the Southeast Asian nation from a tradition of non-alignment.
22 Mar 2024
China

Australia

Australia and Asia

Australia and Climate Change

Australia and the Pacific

BRICS

Climate change

Multilateral Institutions

Sustainability
Green transition: Supercharging a sustainable future for the Asia‑Pacific

Christoph Nedopil

An ambitious path of competition and collaboration with China would ensure the region’s economic non-dependence.
18 Sep 2023
G20

BRICS

United Nations
UN General Assembly: Snubs and fragmentation

Stéphanie Fillion

This year’s meeting will be marked by notable absentees, fuelling a sense that the body’s multilateral power is on the wane.
5 Sep 2023
Global Economy

BRICS
Building bigger BRICS

Stephen Grenville

Reports of the death of the dominant US dollar have been greatly exaggerated.
22 Aug 2023
China

India

BRICS
India’s hesitation as China pushes for BRICS expansion

Ankit Tiwari

New Delhi and Beijing have competing visions for adding new members and where the organisation will focus.