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Temer's Final BRICS Summit Is a Golden Opportunity for Brazil

By Oliver Stuenkel

Geopolitical divisions in the West could give Brazil and its partners a chance to increase their influence.

Brazilian President Michel Temer’s third and final trip to the BRICS Summit may well be his most meaningful. The 10th annual meeting, which will bring together the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa from July 25 to 27 in Johannesburg, comes amid profound uncertainty about the future of the global economic order – and doubts about the West’s continued ability to set the agenda for international affairs. This creates an opportunity for the BRICS to assume a more prominent role.  

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