The acronym, which was originally BRIC, was coined in 2001 by Goldman Sachs analyst Jim O'Neill, who wrote a paper on emerging economies. O'Neill said Brazil, Russia, India and China – the countries ...

(From L to R) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister ...

Following Thailand and Malaysia, Vietnam last month became the third Southeast Asian “partner country” of BRICS. BRICS partnership, an extended cooperation mechanism established at the grouping’s ...

Southeast Asian nations’ interest in BRICS signifies a strategic recalibration in response to the complexities of a multipolar and uncertain world. Indonesia’s admission to BRICS in January 2025, ...

In his telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 21, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged India, in its capacity as the BRICS chair for 2026, to play an “independent role” ...