With the expansion of the group to more countries of the Global South, a revival of the “Bangdung Spirit” is taking place, but not without its contradictions.
Vijay Prashad: BRICS & Industrial Development
Tag: BRICS
The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
Chainsaw Diplomacy
If Elon Musk is using Javier Milei’s Argentina as inspiration for his own mission with the Department of Government Efficiency that bodes extremely poorly for the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.
Vijay Prashad: Ending the War in Ukraine
As NATO fails in its attempt to expand into Ukraine, popular support has shifted significantly in favour of a path to peace.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.
Between Russia & Iran All’s Well That Ends Well
M.K. Bhadrakumar mulls over Putin’s hastily arranged meeting with Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan last week, shortly before they are due to reconvene on the sidelines of the upcoming BRICS summit.
Scott Ritter: The Missiles of April
The “Missiles of April” represent a sea-change moment in Middle Eastern geopolitics — the establishment of Iranian deterrence that impacts both Israel and the United States.
Hyper-Imperialism
The West is unable to come to terms with its slow demise as the dominating bloc in the world, writes Vijay Prashad.
Decoding Iran’s Missile & Drone Strikes
Tehran just sent a big message about Washington’s stratagem of creating a coalition of terror groups in the region, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Vijay Prashad challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics.