BRICS: 15th Summit and Beyond
The 15th BRICS Summit showcased the organisation’s resilience, adaptability and collective vision, and positioned the group as a potent global player.
- Authors: Rajeesh Kumar
- August 28, 2023
- Issue Brief
The 15th BRICS Summit showcased the organisation’s resilience, adaptability and collective vision, and positioned the group as a potent global player.
The Positive Indigenisation List is a significant step towards achieving the government’s objective of self-reliance in defence production.
Nigeria's leadership of ECOWAS presents a pivotal opportunity to navigate the challenges related to coups and terrorism in the West African region.
The ambitious policy measures taken by the Ranil Wickremasinghe government to revive the economy have yielded some positive outcomes though concerns remain over their implementation.
While the US dollar will likely stay dominant, a gradual shift towards other currencies, possibly including the INR, could occur in the long run.
Ghazwatul Hind appears to be a speculative eschatological red herring, meant to beguile and mislead young minds by violent extremist and terrorist groups.
With India and Bangladesh agreeing to settle the payments for their international trade partly in Indian rupee, it can reduce pressure on Bangladeshi dollar reserves.
The Latin American countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile have emerged as the lithium bank to fuel green transition.
With increasing North Korean nuclear and missile threats, and Chinese nuclear force modernisation, the prospects of indigenous nuclear weapons acquisition by Japan and South Korea cannot be ruled out.