Pakistan Should Implement South African Style Business/Property Seizures to Destroy Neo-Feudalism

Pakistan Should Implement South African Style Business/Property Seizures to Destroy Neo-Feudalism

The South African government is in the midst of making constitutional amendments in order to allow for the beginning of land redistribution programmes wherein the farmlands owned by the white minority will be sized without compensation and given to members of the black majority. The move has proved to be incredibly controversial on many levels….

Russia Cannot Let India Hold Back Formal BRICS Expansion

Russia Cannot Let India Hold Back Formal BRICS Expansion

BRICS is expanding – China said so Throughout the recently concluded 10th annual BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Chinese President Xi Jinping made repeated references to the fact that the penultimate goal of the BRICS insofar as Beijing is concerned, centres around a rapid expansion of the group’s membership, its goals and its ability to unite…

How BRICS Plus Clashes with the US Economic War on Iran

How BRICS Plus Clashes with the US Economic War on Iran

The key take away from the BRICS summit in Johannesburg is that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – important Global South players – strongly condemn unilateralism and protectionism. The Johannesburg Declaration is unmistakable: “We recognize that the multilateral trading system is facing unprecedented challenges. We underscore the importance of an open world economy.”…

South Africa’s Deadly Involvement in the Saudi War on Yemen

South Africa’s Deadly Involvement in the Saudi War on Yemen

As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa concluded visits this month to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, securing $10bn worth of investment from each country, questions arise as to what price tag is attached to these investments. South Africa’s arms exports to both Gulf countries have grown since the begining of the…

India is Holding Back the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS

India is Holding Back the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS

Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the 13th meeting of Security Council Secretaries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Beijing. During the meeting, President Xi stressed the importance of enhanced cooperation between SCO members in the fight against the “three evil forces” of extremism, separatism and terrorism. As one of the international security bodies…