Could BRICS break the dollar’s grip? The answer is coming into sharper focus, and it’s more complicated than either the optimists or skeptics predicted. Since our previous analysis, BRICS has made ...

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Global Memos are briefs by the Council of Councils that gather opinions from global experts on major international developments. On July 6–7, Brazil hosted the seventeenth annual BRICS summit in Rio ...

On 8 September 2025, Brazil, holding the rotating BRICS presidency, convened an extraordinary virtual BRICS summit from Rio de Janeiro. While BRICS champions multipolarity, its ambitions are ...