BRICS

  The pursuit of power and the quest to foster peaceful coexistence within humanity fundamentally run parallel, rarely converging. The geopolitical shift from the West to the East has become a defining feature of the...

  The enduring hegemony of the United States dollar in international trade has far-reaching implications, causing ripple effects across the global economic landscape. It has cascading consequences in terms of fuelling inflation, driving up oil...

The string of diplomatic events, with India as an important member, started with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) annual summit hosted by India virtually in July earlier. The SCO meeting was held days after...

A trumpeted and long-awaited counter-offensive: Since the beginning of the Russian onslaught, the landbridge between mainland Russia and Crimea has been a key point. The Mariupol oblast, or region, serves several strategic purposes all to itself,...

  The war in Ukraine is facing a new crisis; paucity of manpower on the Ukrainian side. All Ukrainian males abroad have been asked to report back for military service amid reports that 10,000 poles...

  Diplomacy is all about hope and possibilities. The latter is more significant in any diplomatic action or act. Without contemplating the possibilities of a particular action or act, no nation-state can hope to become...

  The 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, witnessed the second expansion of BRICS. In his address on August 24, 2023, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, while announcing the summit’s outcome, said, “We have...

  At the BRICS summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Lula Da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were in attendance. Russia was represented by its foreign minister...

  The rapid globalisation and increasing regional grouping like QUAD, AUKUS, I2U2, BRICS, SCO, SARC and BIMSTEC, diplomacy too is embracing new dimensions like digital, health, cultural, and most importantly, sports diplomacy. Unlike other forms...

  NEW DELHI. India has extended full support for the priority areas set out by Brazil, particularly to take forward Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) cooperation on counter terrorism in a meaningful and...