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This year’s BRICS summit was a digitised event.

International relations

A brief history of the BRICS

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by Praveen Jha
When a family member joins an extremist group, the cattle are safe: herders near Mopti in 2019.

Security

Islamist extremists operate like typical insurgents

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by Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni
by Hans Dembowski
Flags in front of the UN headquarters in New York City.

Our View

Global challenges require global responses

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by Hans Dembowski
Inger Andersen, the executive director of UNEP, speaking at the agency’s headquarter in Nairobi.

Multilateralism

"The UN must adapt to global change"

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by David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
by Jörg Döbereiner
by Hans Dembowski
Storage facility in Odessa in June 2022.

Geopolitics

The strategic relevance of Ukrainian grain

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by Jane Escher
“A reform of the UN Security Council is necessary, but hard to achieve.”

Global governance

“Democratic states do not wage war on one another”

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by Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
by Hans Dembowski
This satellite image shows a collapsed ice shelf the size of New York City in East Antarctica in March 2022. The area had long been believed to be stable.

Relevant reading

Climate hazards are increasing fast

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Bangladesh’s coastal areas have an extensive network of cyclone shelters.

Disaster preparedness

Boosting disaster preparedness in the Ganges Delta

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by Md Bodrud-Doza
Patient in Kolkata in May2021: when the Covid-19 wave escalated, not everyone who needed oxygen found access.

Coronavirus

Dramatically diverging Covid numbers

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
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