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Other countries are watching closely and making their own plans for bitcoin.
While Indonesia already has strong ties with China, Brazil, and other BRICS members, joining BRICS can amplify Indonesia’s influence and unlocking opportunities that go beyond one-on-one partnerships.
Brics+ countries want a new international monetary order to reduce dependency on certain foreign currencies.
It’s not clear yet that the Brics alliance is close to being able to achieve unity of purpose.
Putin used the summit to push his own vision of Brics as a counter-point to the west, but it is a view that not all camps in the group share.
China’s economic position is now seen as the main threat to the U.S. dollar.
Turkey is juggling alliances within Nato and potentially with Russia and China.
NATO member Turkey’s intention to join the 9-member body that functions as an alternative to the Western-led order shows Ankara’s global ambitions.
Russia’s media often paint the west as hypocritical or imperialistic and Moscow as a defender of sovereignty. Chinese media emphasise Beijing’s role as a partner in Africa’s development.
The country will see more foreign policy continuity if the ANC partners with smaller parties that share its world view.
A changing world order and global battles for power will derail the quest for peace in Gaza and the Middle East.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
Several key events highlighted the growing ties between China and Africa.
Pretoria needs to pull off a balancing act in managing South Africa’s international relations to advance its economic interests.
Understanding China’s history could help western observers see its foreign policy more clearly.
The war in Ukraine is both a symptom and a cause of a paralysing crisis in the international system. It is up to the Global South to reform the multilateral system.
Russia is not only looking for much-needed ammunition, it is trying to counter Western influence wherever it can.
China’s president Xi Jinping is testing out a “softer” foreign policy approach.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Birmingham
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Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, University of South Africa
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of Sussex
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Practice in Economic Policy, University of Nottingham