The bloc of countries has expanded and goals to reform what it calls a Western-led international order.
The seventeenth BRICS summit is being held in Brazil, once more aiming to stability Western financial energy and political dominance.
However because the conferences happen, eyes are on the US and President Donald Trump’s commerce tariffs, maybe exhibiting America nonetheless holds the playing cards.
Whereas the host nation Brazil condemns Israel’s aggression and NATO’s elevated defence spending, different international locations will not be so outspoken.
And two essential faces will not be attending – Chinese language President Xi Jinping and Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
So does BRICS nonetheless have a cohesive goal?
Has the grouping made tangible achievements through the years because it launched in 2009?
And what can it realistically hope to do, in right now’s world?
Presenter:
James Bays
Company:
Gustavo Ribeiro – Founder and editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report
Sergey Markov – Director on the Institute of Political Research in Moscow and former public spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin
Jayant Menon – Former lead economist at Asian Improvement Financial institution and visiting senior fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore
