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When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries

An African proverb notes that “when two elephants fight, it is the grass underneath that suffers”.

The Conversation

Analysis-Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up

South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.

Reuters

Lula’s foreign policy? Encouraging a multipolar world

Brazil’s president has long sought a multipolar global order and now pledges to ‘have relations with everyone’

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10 surprisingly good things from 2022

Lula beat Bolsonaro, the Ethiopian civil war ended and U.S. voters pushed back fascism — just for starters

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Algeria Suggests to Sell Spare Electricity Capacity to Europe

Algeria is offering to Europe its spare electricity capacity, and it is planning a 270 km undersea pipe towards Italy, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told reporters in an interview on Thursday. Algeria is also pushing to double its gas exports to reach 100 billion cubic meters per year versus 56…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt to Join the New Development Bank within Weeks

Egypt is moving forward with the procedures of officially joining the New Development Bank (NDB), which was established by the BRICS countries to enhance cooperation in infrastructure and sustainable development. The Egyptian parliament is scheduled to officially discuss the final procedures for Cairo to join the Bank in the coming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria, China Sign a Strategic Cooperation Plan

Algeria and China have signed the second five-year comprehensive strategic cooperation plan 2022-2026, Algeria’s ministry of foreign affairs and national community abroad said Tuesday in a statement. This comes one day after the Algerian government submitted an official request to join the political and economic BRICS group that includes Russia…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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How Might Brazil’s Elections Affect Taiwan?

A Lula victory could signal a return in prominence, and perhaps an expansion, of the BRICS group.

The News Lens

Lula aide backs Argentina for BRICS, eyes role in Ukraine peace talks

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's top foreign policy adviser supports the inclusion of Argentina in the BRICS group of developing nations, which could be a forum for negotiating peace in Ukraine, he told Reuters.

Reuters

Is India in a bind over its relations with Russia?

On October 1, when India abstained from voting at the United Nations Security Council on a draft res

The Hindu

Controversy breaks out over presence of Indian “observer” in Donbas referendum

The message from the Russian authorities has named Purnima Anand who worked as “an observer from India” during the referendum

The Hindu

Algeria Requests to Join BRICS

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomed Algeria's request to join the BRICS economic group, as an effort to join major powers. This came during a meeting Saturday between Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th session…

Asharq Al-Awsat

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

The Hindu

Russia, India motivated to ensure uninterrupted defence cooperation: Envoy

Russia has been a major supplier of military hardware to India

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Heading the G20 and New Delhi’s choices

With geopolitical currents redefining geo-economics, India needs to be ready to emerge as the chief global diplomat

The Hindu

Not yet time for BRICS nations to make a headway: former diplomat

Thiruvananthapuram

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Russia's G20 walkout heightens tensions at fractious summit as China's rise continues

While G20 foreign ministers were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatened further escalation in his war against Ukraine, announcing to the world that “by and large, we have not started anything in earnest yet”. What he meant became quickly clear when a missile attack hit an…

The Hindu

BRICS media groups look to boost synergy amid new challenges

Initiatives include joint training of journalists and exploring the application of new technologies.

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Argentina says has China's support to join BRICS group

Argentina's government said on Thursday it had received China's formal support for the country's bid to join the BRICS group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a bloc seen as a powerful emerging-market alternative to the West.

The Hindu

Argentina has always been supportive of India’s membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group: Ambassador Hugo Javier Gobbi

Argentina is open to expanding bilateral as well as multilateral nuclear cooperation with India, says the ambassador

The Hindu

India, Russia share a vision of how the world should develop: Ambassador Alipov

No expansion of BRICS in haste, says Russia’s ambassador Denis Alipov

The Hindu

A chaotic world, the perils of multilateralism

Instead, bilateral engagements may be much more productive at this point in history

Radio France Internationale

Indian supermarket chains to set up shop in sanctions-hit Russia

Indian retail firms are in talks that could see them move into the Russian market through local franchises. The announcement came as Nike joined a growing list of Western companies exiting the Communist state following US-led sanctions intended to isolate Moscow.

Bangkok Post

A new era of BRICS cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum on June 22-24 with a keynote speech and chaired the 14th BRICS Summit and the High-level Dialogue on Global Development with important remarks via video link in Beijing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Applies to Join China and Russia in BRICS Club

Iran, which holds the world's second largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that Beijing and Moscow cast as a powerful emerging market alternative to the West. The term BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in…

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