The latest news and comment on the Brics group of emerging national economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
July 2025
Opinion
Trust in the US is eroding. The question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy – it’s when
Kenneth Mohammed
The Guardian view on Brics growing up: A new bloc seeks autonomy – and eyes a post-western order
View from the Amazon
Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems
Jonathan Watts
Leaders of Russia and China snub Brics summit in sign group’s value may be waning
May 2025
The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere
Editorial: The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievances
January 2025
'You'll figure it out': Donald Trump wrongly says Spain is a Brics group member – video
The new US president incorrectly told a reporter Spain was a member of the Brics grouping of nations
December 2024
Project Syndicate economists
Will Trump’s tariff threats protect the dollar’s dominance?
Jeffrey Frankel
Trump threat of 100% tariffs against Brics nations raises trade war fears
November 2024
UK and US must halt escalation in Ukraine
Economics viewpoint
Trump or Harris? Whoever wins will face a shift in power in the global economy
Larry Elliott
October 2024
Putin calls for alternative international payment system at Brics summit
Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia
July 2024
Xi’s central Asia trip aims to cement ties as China vies for influence with Russia
SCO summit brings together leaders of global south but also likely to test Beijing and Moscow’s ‘strategic partnership’
April 2024
The Guardian view on globalisation’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the rich
Lula is styling himself as the new leader of the global south – and shifting attention away from the west
Jordana Timerman
November 2023
US has wrecked chances of peace in Middle East, Putin tells Brics summit
Russian president blames US for Gaza conflict as he attempts to woo global south
September 2023
War in Ukraine is revealing a new global order – and the ‘power south’ is the winner
Nathalie Tocci
Long-held resentments of the west are surfacing as world relations rebalance in favour of economic powerhouses like India and China, says Guardian columnist Nathalie Tocci
August 2023
The Guardian view on Brics: demand for membership is a symptom of global disorder
Editorial: As the world grows more fractured, developing countries are looking for new coalitions to stay out of a possible cold war
Economics viewpoint
In a multipolar world the dollar’s dominance won’t last forever
Larry Elliott
While we shouldn’t read too much into the Brics expansion, the geopolitical landscape is shifting
China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?
Simon Tisdall
The US has taken a public stand over China’s crimes against humanity. In Beijing this week, the UK foreign secretary should do the same and shame his hosts
