Topic: Multipolar world

The Latest BRICS Summit Reaffirmed Its Value in a Turbulent Era

RIAC and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #117 / 2026

Justice built on the ruins of institutional collapse is not guaranteed; it must be constructed, deliberately, by those states and institutions still willing to invest in rules rather than rubble

Working Paper No. 97 / 2026

In an international system that is experiencing a period of transition and shifts in the global pecking order, the BRICS organisation may emerge as the next fully-fledged global governance institution

In general, the space of peace is shrinking, while that of war is expanding.

The present cascade of overlapping and contradictory events is bewildering and makes it hard to understand what is really going on

While economic wellbeing and prosperity are matters of central importance to any state, it is security interests that constitute the first and foremost priority in foreign policy decisions. The post-Soviet space is a region critical to Russian security, and it is the part of the world that provides external powers with the most opportunities to threaten Russia proper

Among the unique features of Eurasia as a political and economic space is the autonomy that regional states retain in domestic and foreign policy

Moscow’s actions in the wider world—beyond Eurasia—will be guided by its economic interests rather than its geopolitical ambitions

The military crisis in the Middle East exposed what may be considered the Achilles’ heel of America’s global strategic position: its unwillingness to make sacrifices and suffer losses for the sake of its allies

SCO is a perfect candidate for creating one of the pillars of the emerging multipolar world order: a security space spanning much of the world’s biggest landmass, Eurasia