As global balances are redrawn, the BRICS summit in Rio has outlined the contours of a more assertive multipolar influence.

Behind the notable absence of Xi and Vladimir Putin, the discussions concluded with concrete proposals: reform of international institutions, enhanced climate cooperation, regulation of artificial intelligence.

Less spectacular but more strategic, this edition reports on the ambitions of the Global South while revealing the latent tensions that weaken the coherence of a bloc in search of credibility.