Yesterday, I had a great conversation with Amb Professor Anil Sooklal and Sanusha Naidu regarding BRICS in 2024. We had an engaging and lively conversation, addressing several issues relevant to BRICS and the Global Order. Check it out! South African Institute of International Affairs

At South African Institute of International Affairs, we often brief local and international actors regarding BRICS. It is often an exercise of filtering the noise around BRICS, pushing one to really think about what BRICS is and what BRICS is not.
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This week, we hosted a panel with Latin America Center to explore China’s engagement with the Global South, featuring USAID Bureau for Asia’s Michael Schiffer, Michael Schuman, Victoria Chonn-Ching, IGD’s Sanusha Naidu, and @NivaYao #ACGlobalChina #ACChinaLAC youtube.com/watch?v=1e8_5m…

[🎙️NEW PODCAST] In this plus-size episode, Adhere Cavince is our guest to break down everything that happened at this week's BRICS summit in South Africa and why the new 'BRICS6' is especially important for Africa.

We also hear from Sanusha Naidu in Johannesburg and Antonia Timmerman

Thanks to the team and esp Alan Boswell for a thought-provoking discussion fyi IGD Arina Muresan

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Thanks to the team SA BRICS Think Tank for organising a timely discussion. Looking forward to the next one IGD Arina Muresan

Africa should have a bigger voice in G20, says Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) at T20 Brasil summit Professor Anil Sooklal Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Sujan Chinoy Muktesh Pardeshi Samir Saran Sachin Chaturvedi RIS Amitabh Kant PMO India Gurjit Singh Rajiv Bhatia Sanusha Naidu Bansuri Swaraj (Modi Ka Parivar) Harsh V Shringla daikanyama

Speaking at the just concluded Russia-Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg, here are the remarks I made after attending the opening plenary session. #RussiaAfricaSummit
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Join us at the Lindiwe Mabuza Space as we discuss SA Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, & Progressive Internationalism. #ForeignPolicy #Multilateralism #ProgressiveInternationalism

Multiple crises are deepening #globalinequalities , threatening #peace and our very existence. Int-Relations should not be left to governments alone. Join us to discuss catalysts for change. RSVP HERE southafrica.fes.de/event/default-… #SA #SA intheWorld
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The Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation at UJ with IGD & Karin Costa Vazquez hosted the
#BRICS and the Local Currency Payment Systems, noting nuances between BRICS Pay versus a BRICS currency m.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXDrf… was an honour to be part of the discussion SZ

#BRICS is not for contestation, more an effort to make right choices says Professsor Professor Anil Sooklal at #BRICS Academic Forum, Cape Town Samir Saran RIS Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Sanusha Naidu Andre de Mello e Souza 🇧🇷

Congrats Joshua and David Shinn . Looking forward to reading it. Hopefully we could do a virtual book launch with IGD and colleagues Philani Mthembu Arina Muresan

Appreciating an international conference in Pretoria for bringing Sanusha Naidu (from Cape Town) and Lauren Johnston 江诗伦 (from Berlin) to Pretoria for a meal. Conversation ranges across the BRI, the donkey trade, Hunan and more...

South African Foreign Policy Review. Vol 4. Ramaphosa and a New Dawn for South African Foreign Policy. 2022.

Editors: Lesley Masters, Philani Mthembu and I.

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Delighted to contribute a chapter on India's initiatives with the #African continent and attend launch of Sujan Chinoy Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale (Modi ka Parivar) Uttam Kumar Sinha edited book ' #Modi : shaping a #GlobalOrder in Flux' by Jagat Prakash Nadda (Modi Ka Parivar) ji #IndiaAfrica

New papers on the evolving Indo-Pacific & external perspectives on Africa's position in it - upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/stra… Frank Mattheis Rajiv Bhatia Chris Alden (@lseideas) Maxi Schoeman (@UPTuks) || fyi Timothy Walker Jaimal Anand Sanusha Naidu @drlisaotto

Policymakers and mining executives are carefully studying rail-to-port maps like this from the cobalt & copper belts in southern Africa to develop new logistics routes beyond South Africa due to the impact of load shedding and force majeure shutdowns at the Port of Durban.

EVENT REMINDER Contextualizing South Africa’s Foreign Policy in the 2023 State of the Nation Address - mailchi.mp/igd/event-invi…