The BRICS coalition has emerged as a significant political force over the past two decades, building on its desire to create a counterweight to Western dominance in global institutions. Its rise underscores the emergence of a multipolar world, where developing economies – many of them in Asia – are asserting greater influence.

What are the bloc’s strategic ambitions for 2025 and beyond? How does BRICS integrate into the existing international system, and what economic and geopolitical impact will the coalition likely have on the existing world order? And with talk of a potential introduction of a new BRICS currency, how realistic is the much-discussed prospect of "de-dollarization" in the years ahead?

Join us for a discussion with Alexander Gabuev, Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, to answer these – and your – questions.

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Alexander Gabuev is the Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, based in Berlin. He leads a renowned team of analysts who were formerly part of the Carnegie Moscow Center, which was forced to close by the Kremlin in early 2022 after nearly three decades of operation. Gabuev’s own research is focused on Russian foreign policy with particular focus on the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Sino-Russia relationship.

Since joining Carnegie in 2015, Gabuev has contributed commentary and analysis to a wide range of publications, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. Gabuev began his career as a journalist. He was a member of the editorial board of Kommersant and served as deputy editor in chief of Kommersant-Vlast, which at the time was one of Russia’s most influential newsweeklies. Gabuev started his career at Kommersant in 2007 working as a senior diplomatic reporter, as a member of the Kremlin press corps, and as deputy foreign editor.

He has also worked as a nonresident visiting research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and taught courses on Chinese energy policy and political culture at Moscow State University. In 2018, Gabuev was a visiting scholar at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) where he taught courses on Sino-Russian relations. Gabuev is a Munich Young Leader of the Munich Security Conference.