The BRICS were well poised to rival the West’s control of the global economy. But while they grapple with economic slowdowns and rising social tensions, other blocs of developing economies are rising to the fore.
Washington is responsible for a plethora of global calamities. But Putin’s Russia isn’t offering an appealing alternative at all.
The new BRICS bank could rival the IMF or fall flat on its face. Either way, it’s a sign of shifting global power and influence.
Three reasons to be (a little) cheerful about the state of the world last year.
Today, Asia is like the Kardashian clan: wealthy, contentious, and all up in the public’s face.
A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
Can the BRICS wrest control of the global economy from the United States and Europe, or will their internal contradictions tear them apart?