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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 4, 2026
India¡¯s China dilemma: engagement vs. dependence
India¡¯s attempt to reduce dependence on China, for now, requires deeper engagement with the Asian giant. This is the central contradiction shaping the relationship.
U.S. allies should resist distancing themselves from Washington over Donald Trump and instead strengthen long-term economic and defense ties with the U.S. to safeguard their interests against emerging global rivals.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2026
The case for ¡®hardened engagement¡¯ with America
Allowing a distaste for one U.S. president (no matter how bombastic) to sever the ties that bind the free world is not only bad policy, it¡¯s a recipe for strategic irrelevance.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ?Johannesburg Expo Center for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2025
Trump¡¯s attacks push India, Brazil and South Africa closer together
The U.S. president has upended Washington¡¯s decades of careful diplomacy to cultivate relations with the three major emerging markets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. Both leaders are set to attend the upcoming virtual BRICS Summit.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025
Xi and Putin to take part in BRICS trade summit without Modi
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called the gathering to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s tariffs among other issues.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend the BRICS Summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2025
Realism and realpolitik rule Indian foreign policy
A decade from now, there is likely to be heated debate in the United States over ¡°who lost India,¡± an accounting that may rival the ¡°who lost China?¡±
Leaders of the BRICS group during the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 7
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025
BRICS leaders schedule virtual meeting to discuss Trump tariffs
The U.S. has set different tariffs for different BRICS nations, making it difficult for them to agree on a joint statement.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a family photo ceremony prior to the BRICS Summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2025
China¡¯s Xi to welcome Putin and Modi in grand display of Global South solidarity
This year¡¯s summit will be the largest since 2001, China has said, calling the bloc an ¡°important force in building a new type of international relations.¡±
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chiese President Xi Jinping in 2016. Modi has said he¡¯s looking forward to meeting Xi during a visit China later this month ¡ª his first trip to the country in seven years.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
Modi hails China ties as Washington takes swipe at India¡¯s ¡®richest families¡¯
New Delhi has been recalibrating its foreign policy more toward China and other BRICS group members after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to boost tariffs.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg in 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
India-China thaw takes shape as Modi embraces BRICS over Trump
Modi¡¯s economic calculus was fundamentally altered this month when Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is trying to build solidarity across the BRICS club of major emerging nations, of which Brazil is a founding member along with Russia, China and India.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Lula speaks with Xi after Modi and Putin amid standoff with Trump
Brazil¡¯s president is trying to build solidarity across the BRICS club of major emerging nations, of which Brazil is a founding member along with Russia, China and India.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 14, 2025
G20 agenda eclipsed as Bessent skips South Africa meeting again
Scott Bessent will skip the Group of 20 again this week, continuing a boycott of South Africa by top U.S. officials begun by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Officials in New Delhi say they¡¯re not overly alarmed by U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s latest tariff threats for now.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2025
Trump¡¯s BRICS warning to India adds new twist to trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said India could face an additional 10% tariff alongside other members of BRICS, which he has labeled ¡°anti-American.¡±
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace at the G20 Leaders' Summit In Rio De Janeiro in 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2025
Brazil¡¯s Lula hosts Modi in bid to turn India into a major trade partner
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is desperate to finally crack the code on a relationship that has never fully taken off thanks to a litany of incompatibilities.
BRICS leaders including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (front row left), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (second left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center), Chinese Premier Li Qiang (second right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov join hands during a group photo at the bloc's summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 8, 2025
BRICS fills soft-power vacuum as Trump-led U.S. retreats
The 10-nation BRICS grouping of major emerging economies has stepped up its efforts on issues such as AI, health care and climate change.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 8, 2025
Trump¡¯s latest tariffs cast shadow on Rubio¡¯s first Asia trip as top U.S. envoy
Rubio is expected to seek to firm up U.S. ties with partners unnerved by Trump¡¯s global tariff strategy, but the tariff announcements seem certain to make that task harder.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the BRICS summit, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2025
BRICS leaders condemn Gaza and Iran attacks, urging global reforms
With forums such as the G7 and G20 hamstrung by divisions and Trump¡¯s ¡°America First¡± approach, the grouping has opened new space for diplomatic coordination.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the BRICS summit in Brazil on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2025
Russia and Iran relegated to the periphery as awkward BRICS guests
Even with just six of the 10 BRICS leaders present at a summit in Brazil, the grouping is already challenging the U.S.-led order.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Chinese Premier Li Qiang pose for a picture after a bilateral meeting Saturday ahead of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 5.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 6, 2025
BRICS nations voice ¡®serious concerns¡¯ over Trump tariffs
The summit¡¯s impact will be depleted by the absence of Vladimir Putin as well as Xi Jinping, who is skipping the meeting for the first time in his 12 years as president.
Solar panels and wind turbines at the Huaneng Binzhou new energy power generation project in China's eastern Shandong province on June 11
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jul 3, 2025
China leading BRICS clean-energy boom with shift into solar, report shows
Most countries in BRICS remain major fossil fuel producers, but the group together produced 51% of the world¡¯s solar energy in 2024 ¡ª up from 15% a decade earlier.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24. Rio de Janeiro will host the two-day BRICS  Summit starting July 6, where leaders from 10 member states and others will explore ways emerging economies can 
shape global development.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2025
A BRICS+ development agenda for the Global South
An effective BRICS+ development agenda will require a coordinated mobilization of resources and institutional efforts.

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