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Mixed progress on Putin’s agenda

While the BRICS summit made limited headway, the US and EU should not underestimate the strength of antipathy to the multilateral institutions

Hosting last week’s BRICS summit in Kazan was a welcome break from two years of international isolation for President Vladimir Putin and a golden opportunity to increase Russia’s...


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Ankara makes its pitch for African influence

Foreign Minister Fidan will meet with AU ministers to discuss improving cooperation between Turkey and the continent

Ankara plans to use a Turkey-Africa ministerial meeting later this week to step up its growing influence on the continent.

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Grain and credit ratings at the heart of Putin’s plan

The President hopes to cultivate collaboration and unity at this week’s summit in order to defy western isolation and challenge the dominance of the dollar

Integration on financial services, along with a common rescue fund and a grain exchange platform are top of Russia’s wish list at this week’s BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,...

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Austerity hits foreign policy reset

A row over shrinking aid funds will complicate the launch of the promised new Africa strategy

Budgetary cuts, domestic priorities and personnel wrangles have dominated the early months of Britain’s new Labour government – to the detriment of its planned ‘reset’ of foreign policy....


Making multilateralism work by other means

UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s Summit of the Future boosted reforms and delivered some wins for Africa

It bears the hallmarks of a grandiosity guaranteed to rile isolationists gearing up for the fight of their lives in the United States presidential election on 5 November....

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