Although the BRICS may hope for a more equal world-order, they may soon find out that the standard they rebel against may not actually have been the worst structure for governing the world’s resources.

As one geopolitical epoch gives way to another, Churchill’s old dictum rings true as always: “In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”

Part one in a series commemorating the 10-year anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, this article examines the original goals underpinning Xi Jinping’s landmark foreign policy.

The rise of IMEC as an alternative to Faw Port and the ‘Development Road’ project illustrates mounting US-China geopolitical rivalry over trade infrastructure in the Middle East.

In an era marked by rapidly evolving trade dynamics and escalating tensions, the rise of the Middle Corridor as a viable alternative trade route is a geopolitical game-changer.

Nuclear weapons play an essential if unspoken role in the Ukraine war: they keep the conflict from spilling its borders.

The BRICS grouping owes its ascent in large part to a shared disdain for the excesses of the unipolar moment, and this is making for some awkward comparisons in the shadow of the Ukraine war.

In cozying up to India, Washington is putting geopolitics over any shared commitment to democracy and human rights.

The BRICS grouping may have taken the world by storm, but the national interests of various member states continue to stymie the emergence of any meaningful pan-BRICS ideology.

The question of Ukraine’s ascension to NATO should be a matter of national interest, and while those interests are clear in the case of Europe, they are far less so for Washington.