Brics can only provide credible leadership in a changing global order when it addresses its many inner contradictions.

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 ...

In over a decade in office, Xi never once missed a BRICS summit. Officially, Chinese officials informed Brazil that Xi had a ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's absence from the BRICS Summit in Brazil raises questions about China's internal politics and tensions within the alliance of emerging economies.

In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his ...

A summit of leaders from the BRICS group of major emerging economies kicks off in Brazil Sunday – but without the top leader of its most powerful member.

Whether it’s illness, pressing preoccupation or sidelining by his own system, one thing is clear: China may be entering a ...

In the absence of Putin and Xi, the summit was dominated by Brazil’s Lula and India’s Modi, the leaders of the two largest BRICS democracies – and the least interested in turning the grouping into an ...

Xi’s absence from the two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro comes at a critical moment for BRICS, which owes its acronym to early members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and since 2024 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes China's President Xi Jinping during the official welcoming ceremony at BRICS Summit in Kazan. Sergey Bobylev/brics-russia2024.ru/dpa 24,739 people ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending the upcoming summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced in Beijing on Wednesday. Prime ...

Xi’s absence from the two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro comes at a critical moment for BRICS, which owes its acronym to early members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and since 2024 ...