Africa: BRICS Summit 2025 - Will Slow and Steady Actually Win the Race?

Africa: BRICS Summit 2025 - Will Slow and Steady Actually Win the Race?

Analysis - A back-to-basics approach may be needed to reverse the bloc's flagging momentum.

BRICS Summit 2025: will slow and steady actually win the race? - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Ronak Gopaldas* and Priyal Singh* – Institute for Security Studies (ISS) A back-to-basics approach may be needed to reverse the bloc’s flagging momentum. The recently concluded BRICS Leaders’ Summit in Rio took place against the backdrop of great geopolitical flux. After years of growing relevance, the group appears to be struggling to maintain forward momentum. As its expanded membership grapples with their own internal contradictions and an…