18 Nov 2025
A reality check for BRICS and the lofty dedollarisation agenda
Local currency deals are growing, but a unified challenge to dollar hegemony remains a distant dream.
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4 Aug 2025
How BRICS could become the Global South’s climate voice
As US withdraws from Paris Agreement and EU shifts focus, developing nations seek new multilateral forums for climate action. -
18 Jul 2025
ASEAN risks becoming window dressing in a BRICS expansion
Indonesia’s entry to the grouping highlights how smaller nations risk being sidelined by existing power hierarchies. -
9 Jul 2025
BRICS in Rio: Bigger, yet emptier than ever
Despite its expansion, internal fractures and absent leaders undermined the group’s influence in Rio. -
9 Apr 2025
A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market
The US is driving away friends and accelerating a process of diversification. -
31 Dec 2024
BRICS Pay as a challenge to SWIFT network
It’s just an idea for now – but enough to worry the Western world about an alternative international payment system. -
29 Nov 2024
Top jobs must go to the best candidates. International financial institutions should be no different
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
Joining BRICS+ is not in Indonesia’s interests
An economic ambition will cloud broader impressions of joining what is an inescapably revisionist bloc. -
6 Nov 2024
New players on the bloc: Is BRICS+ a critical challenge?
A growing roster of countries lined up in the grouping carries implications for Australia’s minerals policy. -
1 Nov 2024
Understanding Indonesia’s decision to (eventually) join BRICS
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
A greater G20, and BRICS-by-BRICS, the Global South-led reform of international governance
Western-centric institutions are being challenged, and the buzz is only growing. -
10 Oct 2024
Whither the BRICS?
On paper, BRICS is a heavy hitter. But differing goals could make the road ahead bumpy. -
4 Sep 2024
Will Russia violate the Antarctic Treaty?
For Moscow, science has always come second to ideology. -
2 Aug 2024
Will Malaysia build ASEAN with BRICS?
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
Does democracy still matter in the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China?
Contradictions between the two models of governance make coexistence among superpowers difficult. -
4 Jul 2024
South Africa: Strange noises in the cabinet
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: Pushing the chips in on neutrality
Growing US-China rivalry is not turning the Southeast Asian nation from a tradition of non-alignment. -
22 Mar 2024
Green transition: Supercharging a sustainable future for the Asia‑Pacific
An ambitious path of competition and collaboration with China would ensure the region’s economic non-dependence. -
18 Sep 2023
UN General Assembly: Snubs and fragmentation
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
Building bigger BRICS
Reports of the death of the dominant US dollar have been greatly exaggerated. -
22 Aug 2023
India’s hesitation as China pushes for BRICS expansion
New Delhi and Beijing have competing visions for adding new members and where the organisation will focus.