Will India Impede BRICS & The SCO from Consensually Agreeing on Afghanistan?

Will India Impede BRICS & The SCO from Consensually Agreeing on Afghanistan?

The only country in either BRICS or the SCO that has any realistic chance of positively influencing India is Russia, which has been the South Asian state’s special and privileged strategic partner for decades. This year’s BRICS Summit will be held virtually on 9 September while the SCO one is planned to take place in…

Flying Dragon, Crashing Eagle

Flying Dragon, Crashing Eagle

Four geoeconomic summits compressed in one week tell the story of where we stand in these supremely dystopian times. The (virtual) signing of RCEP in Vietnam was followed by the equally virtual BRICS meeting hosted by Moscow, the APEC meeting hosted by Malaysia, and the G20 this past weekend hosted by Saudi Arabia. Cynics have…

India Is Intensifying Its American-Backed Hybrid War on China

India Is Intensifying Its American-Backed Hybrid War on China

Whether it’s India’s latest clashes with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), its selective embrace of “economic nationalism” to “poach” foreign companies from the People’s Republic, or its forthcoming leadership of the World Health Assembly (WHA) where it might very well take Washington’s side in demanding an investigation into Beijing’s response to World…

The 1508 League of Cambrai and BRICS Today: How Not to Repeat History

The 1508 League of Cambrai and BRICS Today: How Not to Repeat History

“The nature of the time, most serene prince, requires this, an observance of an old proverb, which enjoins kissing the hand we are unable to cut off” Sebastien Guistinian, Venetian Ambassador to England’s Henry VIII The Russia-China alliance has become an unstoppable powerhouse of visionary infrastructure projects across the Arctic, Eurasia, Africa and Europe exemplified…

India’s RCEP Refusal, Russia’s Eurasian Vision, and Next Week’s BRICS Summit

India’s RCEP Refusal, Russia’s Eurasian Vision, and Next Week’s BRICS Summit

India’s refusal to join the RCEP mega-bloc endangers the viability of Russia’s Greater Eurasian Partnership supercontinental integration vision, which not even next week’s BRICS Summit might be able to save after Modi crossed the Rubicon of self-imposed regional economic isolation and thus imposed very clear limits on just how how much Moscow’s ambitious plans can…