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What is BRICS+
BRICS+ is an extension of the economic and political cooperation beyond the limits of the BRICS circle. In effect BRICS+ is about transforming BRICS into an open and inclusive platform that is open to cooperation with any country, block or region in the world economy.
About Yaroslav Lissovolik
From 2018 to 2022 he has been Senior Managing Director — Head of Research at Sberbank Investment Research (CIB). In 2023 he founded BRICS+ Analytics to conduct in-depth research on the future trajectories of BRICS+ development…
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RCEP and CPTPP: towards “cooperative mega-regionalism”?
Amid the crisis of multilateral institutions such as the WTO, the role of mega-regionalism in the world economy is rising markedly, driven in particular by the expansion of blocs such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). These two blocs have occasionally been portrayed as being on…
BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting in India: further momentum for South-South cooperation
The meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers in India’s Jaipur concluded on August 7, 2026 with the main focus of discussions directed at WTO reform, supply chain resilience and support for small and medium-sized companies. With respect to the WTO, BRICS members emphasized the importance of the organization as the cornerstone of the international trading system…
Africa’s regional integration framework: a model for the Global South?
The future contours of the evolving BRICS architecture have thus far been viewed largely through the prism of ad hoc decisions taken in the BRICS summits and reflected in the summit’s final declarations. But for the systemic and long-term changes that are decided upon in BRICS on issues such as institutionalization and policy continuity there…
