With the new round of updates to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which set targets for 2035, the BRICS Policy Center's (BPC) Socio-environmental Platform presents a brief review of its...
The document analyzes the relevance of the principles formulated 70 years ago in light of today’s global crises and the reconfiguration of power relations within the international system. The authors highlight...
In 2018, the United Nations adopted the controversial UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. What have they meant for global migration policy? In this report, the authors find that...
The policy brief "Participatory evaluation: who evaluates?" discusses the importance of actively involving different stakeholders in the evaluation processes of policies, programs, and projects, especially in contexts of the Global...
This study analyzes the trade relations between China and the BRICS+ countries in the period from 2013 to 2023, with emphasis on the centrality of China within the cluster. The...
The BRICS group has been intensifying its cooperation initiatives in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), recognizing it as a strategic technology for sustainable development and for reducing inequalities. ...
Saudi Arabia’s accession to the BRICS remains shrouded in ambiguity. Although the country was invited to join the group during the Johannesburg Summit in 2023, and is listed as a...
The article, entitled “Divergent status-seeking in elite clubs: Brazil, China, and the BRICS expansion in Latin America,” analyzes the divergent status-seeking strategies of Brazil and China in the context of...
Researchers from the BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio, Paulo Esteves and Carlos Frederico Coelho, participated in the launch of an international report aimed at revisiting the legacy of the Bandung Conference. The document...
Carlos Frederico Coelho, a researcher at the BRICS Policy Center at PUC-Rio and a professor at the Institute of International Relations at PUC-Rio, gave an interview to Valor Econômico newspaper....