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BRIC Archive

  • Are the BRICs Ready to Lead?

    Are the BRICs Ready to Lead?

    Though more assertive on the world stage, it remains doubtful whether rising powers will accept greater responsibility any time soon.
  • Clinton Hits BRIC Wall

    Clinton Hits BRIC Wall

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned empty handed from Brazil earlier this month with President Lula da Silva’s government unwilling...
  • It’ll Still Be An Asian Century

    It’ll Still Be An Asian Century

    The economic turndown cast some doubt upon the rise of the so-called BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China. Especially Russia, in...
  • Russian Bear Still Roaring

    Russian Bear Still Roaring

    “The bear still has teeth,” notes Robert D. Kaplan, writing for The Atlantic. The Obama Administration’s decision to scrap the Eastern...
  • India Matters

    India Matters

    Reaffirming US relations with India was one of the few foreign policy successes of the Bush Administration. A nuclear power with...
  • Medvedev’s new Russia

    Medvedev’s new Russia

    After last year’s infamous power shift it seems that President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia is more and more able or willing...