BRICS Expansion and the Future of World Order: The View From Brazil (Carnegie Endowment)
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/03/brics-expansion-and-the-future-of-world-order-perspectives-from-member-states-partners-and-aspirants Brazil derives tangible benefits from BRICS membership—above all, prestige, geopolitical influence, greater proximity to China, and an “insurance” against diplomatic isolation. These four main benefits explain why Brazil has enthusiastically embraced the group since its inception in 2006. First, in the view of Brazilian policymakers, membership came with considerable prestige. Joining the bloc implicitly […]
Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS? (Foreign Policy)
Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS? If Turkey and Saudi Arabia follow Indonesia in joining the bloc, it could gain more geopolitical heft. By Oliver Stuenkel, an associate professor of international relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, and Margot Treadwell, a junior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As […]
Study Group: The Global South and the Future of World Order (Harvard Kennedy School)
Harvard Students https://www.belfercenter.org/event/global-south-and-future-world-order This three-session Study Group, led by Belfer Center Visiting Scholar, Oliver Stuenkel, an Associate Professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil, examines the evolving role of the Global South in an increasingly multipolar world shaped by great power competition between the United States and China. This study group will analyze how […]
Why Is Saudi Arabia Hedging Its BRICS Invite? (Carnegie)
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2024/11/brics-saudi-arabia-hedging-why?lang=en Riyadh’s fence-sitting strategy reflects its desire to keep all doors open. Others may follow its lead. by Oliver Stuenkel and Margot Treadwell Published on November 21, 2024 At the BRICS summit last month, one leader was noticeably absent from the family photo of assembled leaders: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Over a year after the […]
The U.S. Shouldn’t Dismiss BRICS Challenge (Carnegie Politika)
BRICS is emerging as a sandbox for experimentation with various non-USD instruments, including payment systems, cryptocurrencies, digitalized mechanisms for trade in national currencies or through barter, and hubs for commodities trading outside of dollar dominance. https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2024/10/brics-summit-us-challenge?lang=en by Alexander Gabuev and Oliver Stuenkel Published on October 29, 2024 It’s easy to dismiss BRICS. The dominant view in the U.S. […]
BRICS: A Shared Discontent (Belfer Center)
https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/brics-shared-discontent The 16th BRICS Summit, which took place in the Russian city of Kazan, proved to be a symbolic diplomatic victory for Vladimir Putin. It showcased that the West’s efforts to isolate Russia have failed to resonate with much of the Global South, where Western sanctions against Moscow are widely criticized, and where many countries […]
Cúpula do BRICS na Rússia representa dilema estratégico para o Brasil (Estadão)
Cresce no bloco a divergência entre a ala antiocidental e os países que preferem o não-alinhamento https://www.estadao.com.br/internacional/oliver-stuenkel/cupula-do-brics-na-russia-representa-dilema-estrategico-para-o-brasil/ Por Oliver Stuenkel e Alexander Gabuev 20/10/2024 | 17h00 A décima-sexta cúpula do grupo BRICS na cidade russa de Kazan tem tudo para se tornar um triunfo diplomático para o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, especialmente após a expansão do bloco em 2023, quando foram […]
Brazil’s BRICS Balancing Act Is Getting Harder (Americas Quarterly)
By Oliver Stuenkel October 21, 2024 The bloc’s expansion is amplifying its anti-Western tendencies, creating strategic risks for Brazil. https://americasquarterly.org/article/brazils-brics-balancing-act-is-getting-harder/ Since Brazil co-founded the BRICS in 2009, Brazilian analysts and politicians have largely agreed that membership brought tangible benefits to the country—including closer ties to China. But as this year’s summit approaches, the costs are adding […]
The Battle for the BRICS (Foreign Affairs)
Why the Future of the Bloc Will Shape Global Order https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/battle-brics By Alexander Gabuev and Oliver Stuenkel September 24, 2024 In late October, the group of countries known as the BRICS will convene in the Russian city of Kazan for its annual summit. The meeting is set to be a moment of triumph for its […]
The new world order and the Global South (Oxford Review of Economic Policy)
https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/40/2/396/7691467 Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 40, Issue 2, Summer 2024, Pages 396–404, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grae008 Published: 12 June 2024 Abstract The shift of power away from the West is often seen as a key element of the crisis of liberal international order. The reluctance by most non-Western powers to side with the West vis-à-vis Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
Debate sobre possível vinda de Putin ao Rio ameaça contaminar cúpula do G-20 (Estadão)
https://www.estadao.com.br/internacional/oliver-stuenkel/debate-sobre-possivel-vinda-de-putin-ao-rio-ameaca-contaminar-cupula-do-g-20/ Tentativa brasileira de viabilizar visita do líder russo desvia atenção da agenda de prioridades do governo brasileiro A cúpula dos líderes do G20 no Rio de Janeiro em novembro é uma oportunidade histórica para o governo brasileiro pautar a agenda global e se projetar como ator-chave na busca de soluções aos desafios mais […]
Warum der globale Süden selbstbewusst nach vorne schaut (Handelsblatt)
https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/global-challenges/global-challenges-warum-der-globale-sueden-selbstbewusst-nach-vorne-schaut/100018752.html Viele Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer begrüßen eine neue multipolare Ordnung. Sie sehen darin die Chance, mehr Mitspracherecht zu erhalten, argumentiert Oliver Stuenkel. 28.02.2024 – 19:45 Uhr Es war ein besorgter, wenn nicht sogar pessimistischer Blick, den die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz Mitte Februar ins neue Jahr warf. Der Tod des russischen Oppositionellen Alexei Nawalny, der Rückzug der ukrainischen […]
BRICS, Format der vielen Optionen (Internationale Politik)
30. Okt. 2023 Die Erweiterung der BRICS-Gruppe, verkündet am Ende des 15. Gipfeltreffens in Johannesburg Ende August, läutet ein neues Kapitel ein. Nachdem sich die Staats- und Regierungschefs von Brasilien, Russland, Indien und China 2009 zum ersten Mal trafen und im darauffolgenden Jahr Südafrika als neues Mitglied einluden, erhielten diesmal gleich sechs Staaten eine Einladung: […]
BRICS Invitation Puts Argentina in a Tough Spot (Foreign Policy)
BRICS Invitation Puts Argentina in a Tough Spot When leaders of the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa announced at their 15th summit in Johannesburg that they would invite six new members to join the bloc, representatives of those countries responded with enthusiasm. Mohammad Jamshidi, Iran’s deputy chief of staff for […]
¿Le conviene a la Argentina integrar el Brics? (La Nación)
La invitación al país de adherirse al grupo obligará al sucesor(a) de Alberto Fernández a tomar una decisión clave en su primer mes de mandato 1 de septiembre de 2023 00:05 Federico Merke Oliver Stuenkel https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/le-conviene-a-la-argentina-integrar-el-brics-nid01092023/ En la cumbre de líderes del grupo Brics que tuvo lugar en Johannesburgo del 22 al 24 de agosto […]
Expansão do Brics é triunfo diplomático para Pequim e traz desafios para o Brasil (Estadão)
https://www.estadao.com.br/internacional/oliver-stuenkel/brics-antiocidental-e-triunfo-diplomatico-para-pequim-e-desafio-para-o-brasil-leia-a-analise/ Inclinação mais antiocidental do grupo BRICS requer recalibragem estratégica da política externa brasileira A expansão do grupo BRICS, anunciada durante a 15ª cúpula dos líderes em Joanesburgo, dá início a um novo capítulo do bloco, que agora passará a incluir o Egito, a Etiópia, o Irã, a Arabia Saudita e os Emirados Árabes Unidos. […]