In his Pepe Café programme, Escobar links Eurasian cooperation to the forthcoming BRICS summit and discusses proposals for alternative payments and development finance.
Phar Kim Beng argues that Malaysia should use BRICS partner status to diversify economic cooperation, maintain ASEAN centrality and assess whether full membership serves its national interests.
Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said India’s BRICS chairship has made substantial progress across political-security, economic-financial and people-to-people tracks.
BRICS payment initiatives may expand through interoperability and optional settlement routes, but their influence depends on governance, trust, and use beyond geopolitical bloc formation.
BRICS discussions are expected to focus on payment interoperability and national-currency settlements, with India emphasizing easier international payments and lower transaction costs.
Analysis highlights BRICS’ transcontinental expansion, the New Development Bank’s role in development financing, and the bloc’s upcoming summit in New Delhi.
India will host the 2026 BRICS summit in New Delhi amid an expanded membership, a broader agenda, and a more complex geopolitical backdrop.
BRICS intellectual property offices adopted updated cooperation guidelines in New Delhi, focusing on patent examination efficiency, information sharing and innovation.
The commentary presents BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as models of consensus-based cooperation that enable members to pursue shared interests despite disagreements.
