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  • 9 Apr 2025
    • Asean
    • Trade
    • BRICS
    • United States

    A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market

    Niaz Asadullah , Doris Liew
    The US is driving away friends and accelerating a process of diversification.
  • 31 Dec 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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