STRENGTHENING GLOBAL SOUTH COOPERATION FOR MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE
This tenth edition of the BRICS Academic Review is released at a time of renewed global interest in the BRICS formation. Brazil holds the 2025 presidency under the theme “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance,” focusing on sustainable development, institutional reform, and enhanced collaboration among emerging powers. These priorities are reflected throughout this issue.
The edition features a range of contributions that address the evolving priorities of the BRICS Think Tanks Council. Two globally oriented pieces provide context for the year’s agenda:
an analytical contribution from Brazil’s Ipea (page [16]), which outlines Brazil’s strategic areas of focus and reflects on the operational landscape of the BRICS’ cooperation mechanisms, and a keynote address by South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency delivered at the second Cape Town Conversations (page [22]), which reflects on South Africa’s G20 presidency.
