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In the West, the rise of nationalist populism reached a tipping point in 2016 when it generated both the UK vote for Brexit and the election of President Trump in the US. In contrast, over the same period, the BRICS have invested in strengthening inter-BRICS cooperation and the group’s commitment to the United Nations, global governance, and economic globalization. Their primary focus has been on financial, trade, and economic cooperation. However, their ability to develop a shared analysis of the political and security dimensions of the global order seemed to reach a turning point in 2017, when they opted to focus their annual summit on developing strategies to defend global governance, economic globalization, free trade, and joint action on climate change. How did we get to the point where it seems to be up to the BRICS to rescue globalization?