Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel

Oliver Stuenkel, associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the recent BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro and what Brazil sees as the group’s purpose.

Mentioned on the Episode:

Oliver Stuenkel,  BRICS and the Future of Global Order (bloomsbury.com/us/brics-and-the-future-of-glob…)

Oliver Stuenkel, IBSA: Rise of the Global South (routledge.com/India-Brazil-South-Africa-Dialog…)

Oliver Stuenkel, Post-Western World (wiley.com/en-us/Post-Western+World%3A+How+Emer…)

Oliver Stuenkel, “In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play It Safe (foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/08/brics-rio-summit-…)," Foreign Policy

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