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…

The SCO Military Drills Will Have No Impact on Peace in South Asia

The SCO Military Drills Will Have No Impact on Peace in South Asia

The participation of Indian and Pakistani soldiers in the ongoing SCO military drills in Russia will have no impact on peace in South Asia despite the high hopes that some are pinning to this symbolic event. It’s impossible to avoid the positive optics of these two regional rivals coming together as part of a larger…

Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis?

Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis?

The onset of the latest Kashmir Crisis following India’s “Israeli”-like unilateral moves there last week have raised the question among many in the Alt-Media Community of whether the SCO could help mediate a solution between New Delhi and Islamabad, but the fact of the matter is that the organization would be utterly useless in doing…

Attack on Iran would be an Attack on Russia

Attack on Iran would be an Attack on Russia

Russia is meticulously advancing Eurasian chessboard moves that should be observed in conjunction, as Moscow proposes to the Global South an approach diametrically opposed to Western sanctions, threats and economic war. Here are three recent examples. Ten days ago, via a document officially approved by the United Nations, the Russian Foreign Ministry advanced a new…