While NATO supports Ukraine’s self-defense against Russia and is not a direct belligerent, the risk of the conflict ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, who arrived in the Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday, was the only leader of a NATO country to take part in the meetings, known as the BRICS summit.

The F-16 sale was only approved in January, after Turkey ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The US response to Turkey’s BRICS membership bid has been muted so far, and is very likely to stay ...

BRICS cannot afford to take a backseat to threats to international security, even while it should reject the urge to create a ...

But it didn’t go well, as he bungled a basic fact about a NATO ally. While answering questions ... the economic consortium known as BRICS, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and ...

NATO and BRICS are two major international groups. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is a military alliance of 32 countries, mostly from North America and Europe. It was formed in 1949 to ...

KAZAN, October 23. /TASS/. NATO membership is not an obstacle to joining BRICS, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "From the point of view of BRICS and the main approaches of BRICS, there are ...

Ankara sees BRICS as an opportunity for more economic cooperation with member states, rather than an alternative to its Western ties and NATO membership. Then U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake ...

Turkey, a NATO member, has in recent months voiced interest in joining the BRICS group of emerging economies, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt ...

Are you well-versed in international relations and global alliances? Test your knowledge of BRICS and NATO by taking this quiz. From the establishment of BRICS to its most recent summit ...

BRICS stands for Brazil ... Iran — which are rivals or antagonists of the United States and NATO. Many of the other countries in the bloc fit more comfortably into the category of “Global ...