The BRICS are no longer an alternative to the global system. They are now becoming one of its centers of gravity.

Tangible performances, revealing a shift in global balance

The year 2025 fundamentally marks a decisive turning point for the BRICS, whose concrete achievements attest to a rise in power that is no longer theoretical, but structural. The recent months of September and October, which are about to end, constituted a condensation of initiatives and convergences demonstrating the solidity of this alliance, now expanded to the BRICS format. Young volunteers from 65 countries participated online in the 4th international conference “BRICS To You,” a symbol of a rapidly expanding soft power, where young people are emerging as actors of global transformation. In the same spirit, held at the VDNKh Exhibition Center in Moscow, the 8th International Festival of BRICS Theater Schools (September 20-28) embodied cultural diplomacy as a lever for mutual understanding and intercontinental cohesion.

But beyond the image, it is the economy that reveals the true nature of the change. The Invest-2025 Forum in Dushanbe (October 14-16) in Tajikistan saw the signing of 52 investment agreements totaling more than $4.1 billion, covering strategic areas: hydropower, green technologies, critical metals, and Central Asian energy corridors. It was attended by 50 nations, including the new members of the BRICS Alliance. Russia and China, historical drivers of this architecture, consolidated their partnership with the ratification of the bilateral agreement on mutual investment protection on May 8, 2025. At the same........

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