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Aug 22 2023 
BRICS1 for Day 1: All arrivals are in and the business forum kicked off
… only to devolve into a completely broken sound system with everyone talking over everyone else in different languages – a Tower of “Babble”.
This is an unbelievable and unforgivable snafu. What are we to think? Did someone just very badly screw up, or was there interference? I don’t know what to think but I am… Continue reading
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Aug 21 2023 
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Aug 21 2023 
Xi Jinping on South African media on the eve of BRICS summit: “Sailing the Giant Ship of China-South Africa Friendship and Cooperation Toward Greater Success”
BEIJING, Aug. 21 A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled “Sailing the Giant Ship of China-South Africa Friendship and Cooperation Toward Greater Success” was published Monday on South African media as he is going to attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg and pay a state visit to South Africa.
An English version of the… Continue reading
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Aug 21 2023 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s Article for South Africa’s Ubuntu Magazine: BRICS – Towards a Just World Order
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1901054/
On the eve of the BRICS Summit, I would like to share with our dear readers my thoughts on the prospects for cooperation among the group of five countries in the current geopolitical context.
Tectonic shifts are taking place in the world today. The possibility of dominance by one country or even a small group of… Continue reading
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Aug 20 2023 
Our BRICS, our media
Although the official start date is the 22nd of August, the first sideline meeting in the current BRICS summit is off and running and this is on a business track. Media briefings at this time are ongoing.
The SA BRICS Business Council (SABBC) in collaboration with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition officially kicked off… Continue reading -
Aug 16 2023 
From Bukhara to BRICS, Searching for Light in the Darkness of Insanity
From Pepe Escobar and first posted at StrategicCulture.
Bukhara The Noble, the “Dome of Islam”, with a history stretching back 2.500 years, bears too many marvels to mention: from the two-millennia-old Ark, a fortress around which the city developed, to the 48-meter high Kalon minaret, built in 1127, which so impressed Genghis Khan that he… Continue reading
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Aug 14 2023 
BRICS: Discussion SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats – Discussion.
So, what do we expect from the BRICS Summit? Where do we see the strengths of this organization. What opportunities are lying wide open to pick up and take and where are the weaknesses and threats?
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Aug 12 2023 
10 Days to BRICS and the West is paranoid
What prompts the stream of non-western countries to seek BRICS membership? The grouping is perceived today as the principal platform of the Global South espousing an equitable world order and, is part of our human destiny from this point forward. BRICS does not even have a secretariat. It is an organization based on agreement and… Continue reading
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Aug 02 2023 
Short Comments on BRICS
We’re on the countdown to the real summit (from 22 to 24 August in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa) which may turn out to be the biggest thing since sliced bread. Please also note this.
I also wrote this in the exact way that I speak about and consider things before writing, before changing observations into decent… Continue reading
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Jul 31 2023
A BRICS primer: how big is BRICS really?
Its bigger than you think.
We know in general the five BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
BRICS has built up a supporting structure that is huge. Filtering out from the Sherpas, which gather information and present proposals to the BRICS leaders, there is a large Friends of BRICS alliance that gather each time… Continue reading
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Jul 30 2023 
Indian role in SCO/BRICS and the region
With thanks to Prof Engr Zamir Ahmed Awan
THE 23rd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was recently convened under the chairmanship of India, albeit in a virtual format. The decision to opt for a virtual summit, despite the easing of pandemic-related restrictions, has sparked curiosity. India, known for its active participation in international events,… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2023 
Danny Haiphong & Pepe Escobar
Subjects: Contradictions emerging within BRICS as its summit approaches and the reaction among the neocons following Henry Kissinger’s visit to China.
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Jul 27 2023 
Putin meets with New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff
Vladimir Putin met with Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, established by the BRICS states, at the Constantine Palace.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Ms Rousseff, I am very glad to see you. I remember our contacts during your tenure as President of Brazil.
I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the position as the head of BRICS’ New Development Bank. I would like to note that in 2014… Continue reading
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Jul 24 2023
BRICS problems, BRI solutions
While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals… Continue reading
