Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.

The GTRI report warns India against hastily signing trade deals with the US due to aggressive tariffs and penalties. It emphasizes that the US's use of the dollar as a weapon has compelled nations to

In an interview with TV Globo, Lula explained that, for now, he does not intend to call Trump but will defend the Brazilian productive sector by opening new markets. The president noted that the American’s tone is disrespectful and that he will not accept such behavior.

The world has changed and the western-led postwar order is over, or so the Brics bloc of developing nations insists. Equally clear at the group’s annual summit in Rio de Janeiro this week was that the Brics have changed too — and not for the better. The new model is bigger, less coherent and far less likely to achieve any of its putative goals.

BRICS faces challenges from Trump's tariffs. India to host BRICS summit next year. What are the costs and benefits for India to stay in BRICS?

President Donald Trump said at least seven countries can expect tariff letters on Wednesday morning, as he ramped up pressure on nations to strike deals with the United States by saying his new August 1 deadline would not be extended.

At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to see.

Addressing widespread speculations, the mission explained in a statement on Facebook on Friday that the move is not linked to Nigeria’s affiliations with BRICS, its position on third-country deportees, or the introduction of e-visa policies.