By Yunus Soner, Kazan / Russia The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, keeps on fueling debates globally on the future of the international system. Immediately after its conclusion, we spoke on the summit’s results with George Galloway. The interview was made in Kazan at the Expo Center, where the summit took place. George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster and ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein I had not wanted to express an opinion on the decision of Brazil and Lula to veto Venezuela’s entry into BRICS. But I was struck by the statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry that exonerates the president of Brazil, the foreign minister and even the presidential advisor Celso Amorim. Now President Maduro has released details of ...
Yunus Soner, Kazan, Russia The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia has concluded. On its final day, after the presentation of the Kazan Declaration, we spoke to Pepe Escobar, Brazilian geopolitics expert specialized on Eurasian Affairs. Here’s how Escobar summarized the outcomes of the summit. Okay, your basic takeaway of this summit, what happened here? It’s very hard to give you ...
By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt Last week, the 16th BRICS Summit was held in Kazan, Russia, with the participation of five new members: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iran, and Ethiopia. Among the five new members, there are two Gulf states, but their approaches to the organization are different. The leaders of the new member states attended, with the ...
Türkiye made an official application for BRICS membership. But, interestingly from a distance, Türkiye is also a leading member of NATO. Nevertheless, this has not prevented Türkiye from confronting the United States in recent history. This situation is sensitive for the Turkish economy, which is known for its structural ties to/dependence on the Western economy. In recent years, Türkiye has ...
BRICS is a real alternative to the European Union for Serbia. This was stated by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin in an interview with the German publication Berliner Zeitung. He emphasized that joining BRICS would be a serious alternative compared to the long and complicated process of EU integration. “It would be irresponsible if we did not explore all ...
This year, the fourteenth BRICS summit will be held in the Russian city of Kazan on October 22-24. Russia is chairing the organization this year and has invested a lot of effort into increasing the potential of BRICS and making the platform a place for uniting countries seeking sovereignty. The main theme of the upcoming summit will be building up ...