BRICS

Iran doesn’t care that much about the tactics in Gaza, it cares more about the grand strategy.

Riyadh is weighing its options against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions between the US, China and Russia.

Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt are the latest countries to join BRICS, implying some very drastic dynamic shifts in the region.

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It's impossible not to see that BRICS is now becoming more heavily tied to the Middle East.

The important comments by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince this week about potential normalization with Israel and also Iran’s nuclear program illustrate how Riyadh is positioning itself in the region.

The International Criminal court has issued arrest warrants against Putin for the war in Ukraine, but Lula has said Brazil will not carry out the arrest.

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

The Middle East has become more important in recent years, not less important, and BRICS acknowledges this.

Agreement on expansion could also lend global clout to BRICS at a time when geopolitical polarization is spurring efforts by Beijing and Moscow to forge it into a viable counterweight to the West.