The BRICS Summit Was a Glimpse of the World to Come Last week’s BRICS summit showed how the balance of global power increasingly eludes the West’s grasp.

BRICS Summit Offers a Glimpse Inside Putin’s Alternate Reality At a meeting of emerging economies, Vladimir Putin positioned himself as a respected and powerful leader, ignoring the condemnation he receives from the West.

At BRICS, Putin Appears to Say That North Korean Troops Are in Russia ‘If there are images they are a reflection of something,’ he said in a tongue-in-cheek answer to whether Pyongyang had sent troops to help with Russia’s war in Ukraine.

At BRICS Summit, One of Putin’s Guests Stands Out: Turkey’s President President Vladimir V. Putin, hoping to prove he is not the pariah that the West has tried to make him, this week welcomed leaders from China, India and Iran, among other nations. Then, there was the NATO member.

Putin Welcomes Xi and Other World Leaders to Russia for BRICS Summit The Russian leader wants to cast himself as a global statesman, even as the U.S. and its Western allies try to isolate him.

What to Know About the BRICS Summit and the Countries Involved The group, which seeks to rebalance the global order away from the West, will meet on Tuesday. Here’s a primer.

With BRICS Expansion, American Power Just Took a Big Hit For the United States, the expansion of BRICS is a challenge but also an opportunity.

Joining BRICS, Iran Shrugs Off Outcast Status in the West The invitation came after a tumultuous year of domestic unrest and economic gloom, and follows a pivot by the country toward Russia and China.

The BRICS Group Announces New Members, Expanding Its Reach Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have been invited to join the club of emerging nations, strengthening its role as a geopolitical alternative to Western-led forums.

BRICS May Add More Countries to the Group. Here’s What to Know. Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Indonesia and Egypt are among the potential candidates to expand the five-nation bloc, many of them seeking stronger ties with non-Western powers. Iran is also interested.

Putin Again Blames West for Ukraine War In Speech to BRICS Summit President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia would assume chairmanship of the group made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa next year and host a summit in the city of Kazan in October 2024.

At BRICS Summit, Putin Tries to Rally Support Leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa addressed other topics, but Russia’s president, unable to attend in person because he is wanted for war crimes, put the war in Ukraine at center stage in the meeting.

BRICS Summit Attracts Global Interest Not Seen in Years The leaders from the five-member group of nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are discussing expanding the club, which harbors ambitions of becoming a geopolitical alternative to Western-led forums.

BRICS Debates Adding New Members China wants to expand the five-nation bloc, but the members’ conflicting interests may get in the way.

Putin Will Not Attend BRICS Summit, South Africa’s President Says The decision allows South Africa to avoid the predicament of whether to arrest the Russian leader, who is the subject of an international warrant, if he traveled to Johannesburg for a BRICS meeting.