President Xi Jinping of China opened the 14th BRICS Summit today, with leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa gathering virtually to “foster a high-quality BRICS partnership” and “usher in a new era for global development.”
Against the otherwise unavoidable backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, war is, unsurprisingly, off the summit agenda — to the disappointment of many Western observers. Nonetheless, the BRICS summit can still provide a forum for meaningful dialogue in other areas, particularly when it comes to energy cooperation and infrastructure.
As the latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
