Emerging Powers

Squeezed between the United States and European Union sanctions, Russia has been exploring effective ways to increase exports of its industrial products under the “Made in Russia” programme to traditional markets in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

In the early parts of the 21st century, China became an important source of finance for African development. The continent’s infrastructure was in disrepair; it had crumpled after decades of abject neglect and destruction from senseless civil wars.

“I was poisoned and almost died just because South Africa joined BRICS under my leadership,” Zuma told rural supporters at a Phongolo African Natio

On May 12, Brazil’s democratic government, led by the Workers’ Party (PT), was the victim of a coup. What will the other BRICS countries (Russia, India, China, and South Africa) do?