Turkey Bids to Join BRICS in Push to Build Alliances Beyond West
September 4th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on Turkey’s request to join the BRICS: Turkey has formally asked to join the BRICS group of emerging-market nations as it seeks to bolster its global influence and forge new ties beyond its traditional Western allies, according to people familiar with the matter. The view of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration […]
Read more »BRICS: A Bad Bet For ASEAN Economies
August 31st, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on why Indonesia is right to reject the bloc for economic, geographic and geopolitical reasons: The allure of joining the BRICS economic bloc has captured the attention of several Southeast Asian nations, such as Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. But beyond the headline-grabbing potential of increased trade and investment, crucial […]
Read more »Big Boss of the Global South: China or U.S.?
April 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at China and the U.S. ambitions in the Global South: Sniffy types disdain the notion of “the global south”, which has exploded into something of a meme in recent years. Its inadequacies are obvious: three words could never capture the complexities of a group of more than 100 countries […]
Read more »Is China Gaslighting the Developing World?
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how Beijing’s promises of equality are actually a guise for hegemony: When Hanoi declared its support for China’s proposed “community of shared destiny” during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam last December, it was hailed by Beijing. China wants a post-American world order of its own design, and […]
Read more »BRICS: The New Superpower?
April 1st, 2024
Via Diplomatic Courier, commentary on how the BRICS bloc is a growing home for nations eager to counter the West’s position, or at least hedge their bets when it comes to international trade, development support, and conflicts including Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine: Dissatisfaction with the world order, and the growing tensions between rich countries and poor […]
Read more »Will BRICS Expansion Finally End Western Economic and Geopolitical Dominance?
January 28th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on BRICS expansion and its potential impact on the West’s economic and geopolitical dominance: Following the conclusion of the 2023 BRICS meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the official summit declaration announced that in January 2024 the BRICS group of emerging market economies would undertake in the words of the Chinese President […]
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