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

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

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For Xi Jinping, the main challenge lies within China itself. His absence from BRICS may reflect a deeper issue—his weakening ...

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 ...

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

BRICS leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday, with the bloc depleted by the absence of China’s Xi Jinping, who is ...

In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his first absence since taking power in 2012. While Beijing claims it was due to ...

Chinese President missing from BRICS for the first time in 12 years has paved way to the speculations about his successor.

At the BRICS summit, China’s Premier Li Qiang called for global governance reforms and peaceful cooperation, unveiling ...

Summit positions BRICS Plus as a transformative force, with the Rio Declaration and expanded membership signaling multipolar ambitions. Yet, leadership absences, U.S. tariffs, and institutional ...

The Brics summit began on Sunday, marked by the conspicuous absence of the leader of its largest partner, China. Further ...