Why bother with emerging middle powers when most of the international discussion since Donald Trump took office for the second time is dominated by the great-power politics of the United...
The various models of a country's development are at the heart of the interdisciplinary debate shaping Brazil’s current reality. However, much is lost due to opinions driven by love or...
In partnership with PUC-Rio, iCS was invited to participate in a professional practice course with students from the Professional Master's in Analysis and Management of International Policies: Conflict Resolution and...
The foreign policy of Lula's third government is marked by three intertwined priorities: regional integration, reassessment of global geopolitical balances, and the search for new economic partners....
The year 2024 was the scene of major conferences dedicated to important environmental causes, such as fighting the adverse effects of climate change, conserving biodiversity, combating desertification, tackling plastic pollution...
The formation of BRICS is one of the main features of globalization in the 21st century. Originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the group has become...
Part of the research project on the climate ambition of the BRICS countries, carried out by the Socio-Environmental Platform of the BRICS Policy Center with the support of the Institute...
MAPI, the professional master's program of IRI/PUC-Rio, has published a capstone titled "BRICS and Climate: Challenges and Perspectives in Global Governance", in partnership with the Climate and Society Institute (iCS),...
The BRICS Policy Center has just published its first newsletter of 2025, providing an overview of our main activities, publications, events, and other significant participations in January and February....
Linjie argues that despite the Luso-colonial tradition based on miscegenation and whitening, Anglo-Saxon racial categorization ideals have shaped modern Brazilian society....