BRICS, the coalition of rising economies that now represents greater than half of the world’s inhabitants, was in U.S. President Donald Trump’s crosshairs final week. Amongst different threats, he warned of an extra 10 p.c tariff on any nation “aligning [itself] with the Anti-American insurance policies of BRICS.”
BRICS, which held its annual leaders’ summit on July 6-7, has develop into a bugbear of Trump because the group has quickly expanded from its unique conception as Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Though Brazil, the summit’s host, tried to concentrate on much less contentious points, corresponding to local weather and improvement, the convening nonetheless managed to attract Washington’s ire.
BRICS, the coalition of rising economies that now represents greater than half of the world’s inhabitants, was in U.S. President Donald Trump’s crosshairs final week. Amongst different threats, he warned of an extra 10 p.c tariff on any nation “aligning [itself] with the Anti-American insurance policies of BRICS.”
BRICS, which held its annual leaders’ summit on July 6-7, has develop into a bugbear of Trump because the group has quickly expanded from its unique conception as Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Though Brazil, the summit’s host, tried to concentrate on much less contentious points, corresponding to local weather and improvement, the convening nonetheless managed to attract Washington’s ire.
Analysts have spoken of BRICS lately as a rising counterweight to the U.S.-led order, however, Oliver Stuenkel writes, the “geopolitical uncertainty Trump is inflicting for BRICS might already be working to his benefit.” This version of the Studying Checklist considers the present state of the bloc and the way it may survive within the Trump period.
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How BRICS Can Survive ‘America First’
Successes are nonetheless fairly restricted, however the grouping has the potential to form a brand new worldwide order, Sarang Shidore writes.
Leaders and officers from BRICS member international locations pose for a household photograph on the 2025 BRICS leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6.Wagner Meier/Getty Pictures
In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play it Secure
The summit’s concentrate on financial improvement and local weather nonetheless managed to impress threats from Trump, Oliver Stuenkel writes.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sits amongst different delegates on the Bandung Convention in Indonesia in April 1955. Ernst Haas/Getty Pictures
Deliver Again the Spirit of Bandung
The 1955 convention’s value-based method to worldwide affairs presents a mannequin for center powers right this moment, Galip Dalay, Faisal Devji, and Nathalie Tocci write.
Brazilian Overseas Minister Mauro Vieira and Indonesian Overseas Minister Sugiono shake palms at a BRICS ministerial assembly at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro on April 28. Charles Sholl/Reuters
Why Southeast Asia Is Flocking to BRICS
The increasing bloc has develop into a hedge in opposition to future geopolitical shifts, Derek Grossman writes.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a bunch photograph at a G-20 assembly in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 19, 2024.PIMENTEL/AFP through Getty Pictures
BRICS Democracies Are Dropping Leverage
To extend their bargaining energy, Brazil, India, and South Africa ought to resurrect a dormant diplomatic discussion board, Oliver Stuenkel writes.
