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Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Africa: A Conversation with South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

April 17, 2013

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Democracy, Human Rights and the Emerging Global Order

April 2013, Ted Piccone

Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.

March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America

BRICS Investing in Africa: Geopolitical and Economic Ramifications

March 28, 2013

[There is] a very serious effort to really pull [the BRICS nations] together despite the differences and differing interests. Yes, it will be difficult to put the [new development] bank in place. It will take a lot of time to accumulate the capital.

March 27, 2013, Colin I. Bradford, Bloomberg

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

March 25, 2013, Yun Sun

BRICS Leadership Will Be Tested by Syria

March 25, 2013, Salman Shaikh

Global Swing States and the Human Rights and Democracy Order

November 27, 2012, Ted Piccone

The Energy-Poor BRIC

October 19, 2012, Charles K. Ebinger and Govinda Avasarala

The question is: do these BRICs countries have enough in common to make [a BRICs development] bank instrumental to their objectives? They all have a huge need for infrastructure [investment] and share a dissatisfaction with the lending policies of the World Bank, so there’s a base on which they could build.

September 23, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Financial Times

From Physical BRICS to Digital CHIIPs

July 2, 2012, John McArthur

World Bank Leadership Should Reflect Emerging Economies

March 28, 2012, Colin I. Bradford

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The World Order, the United States and the BRICs

February 22, 2012, Robert Kagan

Rising Democracies Take on Russia and China

February 17, 2012, Emily Alinikoff and Ted Piccone

Regaining Fiscal Credibility in India

February 15, 2012, Vijay L. Kelkar and Urjit R. Patel

Dynamics of Inflation "Herding": Decoding India's Inflationary Process

January 2012, Gangadhar Darbha and Urjit R. Patel

Rising Democracies and the Arab Awakening: Implications for Global Democracy and Human Rights

January 9, 2012, Emily Alinikoff and Ted Piccone

China Development Bank's Oil Loans: Pursuing Policy and Profit

December 9, 2011, Erica S. Downs

Religious Revival and Megatrends in Global Security, Economy and Governance

December 2, 2011, Cesare Merlini

Rise of the TIMBIs: Turkey, India, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia

December 2, 2011, Jack A. Goldstone

Does the Elephant Dance? A Discussion on Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy

October 25, 2011

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The Future of the U.S-India Partnership

September 27, 2011

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A Faltering BRIC: The Energy Landscape in New Delhi and Mumbai

September 14, 2011, Charles K. Ebinger

Coping with a Conflicted China

June 22, 2011, David Shambaugh

Completing China’s Growth Model through Political and Social Reform

June 6, 2011, Cheng Li