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Oct 20 2024 
APEC – BRICS-plus, and the Global South
From Peter Koenig
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – November 13-15, 2024 Summit in Lima
Background
For the third time, Peru will host the APEC Summit in Lima from 13-15 November 2024, bringing together over 1,000 international executives. Peru previously hosted the APEC Summit in 2008 and 2016. This is the 34th APEC Conference. APEC was created in 1989,… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2024 
Is the ISLAM a lifeline for the Woke West? (Update, companion piece)
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
I write my reflections from a Western perspective while I myself am not religious and usually deviate strongly from any groupthink. I grant everyone that freedom.
Here in the West we struggle with ourselves and blame others. After a few centuries of colonialism and slavery, we have turned to legalized robbery with… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2024 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview: Argumenty i Fakty newspaper, Moscow, October 20, 2024
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1976783/
(Ed: Bolding is mine.)
Question: Let me commence with BRICS. A significant number of countries, approximately 30 or perhaps more, have voiced their intention to join this group. Notably, Türkiye, a NATO member, which was rather surprising to me. Conversely, it has been reported that Kazakhstan, through the statement of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Press Secretary, has… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2024 
Reviewing Fortress Iran
1️⃣ “Iran is a country that has managed to maintain its sovereignty despite facing significant geopolitical challenges for centuries. Whether we talk about modern military powers or historical empires, few have succeeded in subduing this strategically critical nation. But what makes Iran so difficult to invade? In this video, we’ll explore the geopolitical, military, cultural,… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2024 
Daily Chronicles – Sticky
We are in the throes of One War, with one objective. Only the proxies and strategies are different. There is a genocidal empire to bring down and a multipolar and multinodal world to build in an atmosphere of schizophrenia, ignorance, unawareness, confusion, greed, anger, jealousy, arrogance, NATO, and war.” Currently, we stare into an abyss… Continue reading
