The annual BRICS Summit—to be held in September this year–is usually prefaced by numerous conferences that the host country organises at various official and unofficial levels, including those among the think tanks of the five countries, to refine some of the key issues feeding into the agenda that it prepares for discussion at the flagship event.
The theme for the 9th BRICS Summit, to be held in 2017, is ‘Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future’, and China, the host country, has set up several think tanks, institutions, and research centres in universities, solely for the study of BRICS, many of which …read more