1. The guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt prepares to receive a fuel hose from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan during a refueling at sea in the Atlantic, February 12, 2011 (US Navy)

    American Superpower Ensured

    Balaji Chandramohan argues that the killing of Osama bin Laden demonstrates America’s durability as a superpower.

  1. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and Presidents Dmitry Medvedev, Hu Jintao, Dilma Rousseff and Jacob Zuma of Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa, April 14, 2011

    The New Game Changers

    Balaji Chandramohan argues that the BRICS are here to stay and examines India’s role in their alliance.

  1. President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, July 16, 2009

    BRIC+1: Germany’s New Bedfellows?

    Germany found itself in the fortunate company of Brazil, Russia, India and China when it opposed military intervention in Libya.

  1. Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Lula da Silva of Brazil in Moscow, May 18, 2010

    Those BRICs Will Come Apart

    Although Brazil, Russia, India and China would represent a formidable force on the world stage, they are unlikely to cooperate.

  1. President Lula da Silva of Brazil speaks in Lisbon, Portugal, March 29, 2011 (Deborah Bergamini)

    The Challenges Lula Left

    Brazil’s new president can build on Lula’s accomplishments but has to enact economic reform at home and tread carefully abroad.