BRICS-a-Brac

This week’s annual summit of the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – is notable for several reasons, not least because South Africa is the host this year. It is the first in-person summit of heads of state since the pandemic, but President Putin of Russia will not attend due to the International Criminal Court indictment against him. Russia’s growing global isolation and escalating tensions between China and the US also mean the summit has received more media attention than previously