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Jun 06 2023 
Valdai Club: Can Russia Mediate Between India and China?
Given that India would prefer to deal with the disputes with its neighbours bilaterally, how can its partners help? Apart from direct mediation, friendly partners can assist through a variety of ways, depending on the willingness of the parties. These involve backchannel talks, support at international forums, and the facilitation of meetings between disputing parties,… Continue reading
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Jun 02 2023 
Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Cape Town, South Africa
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1873948/
1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations met on 1 June 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. They exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of BRICS cooperation under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, and cultural… Continue reading
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Jun 02 2023 
Half the world’s ship cargo now uses China’s BRI
An amazing 149 of the world’s roughly 200 countries have now signed up for the BRI, the biggest trade sharing project in human history. It’s an extraordinary achievement in just a single decade. But the ultimate aim is even more ambitious — global peace through shared prosperity by 2049.
5 Minutes
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Jun 02 2023 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Cape Town
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1873673/
Madam Chair, colleagues,
It’s good to be back on the hospitable soil of the Republic of South Africa. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor and all our friends from the Republic of South Africa for the excellent organisation of today’s meeting. We appreciate and support South Africa’s efficient and energetic efforts at the… Continue reading
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Jun 01 2023 
The End of (Western Triumphalist) History
With thanks to Batiushka, the writer
Part One: The Non-Russian World
Introduction: Providing an Alternative
The technological and ideological transformations of the last thirty years have turned the Russian Federation back into the world’s breadbasket and more or less its main source of fertilisers, gas, oil, many metals and energy. Moreover, the current Special Military Operation to liberate… Continue reading
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May 25 2023 
Eurasian Economic Forum Plenary Session
The Big News: The Eurasian Economic Union, and specifically Belt and Road, is integrating with BRICS.
Karl Sanches grabbed all of the speeches and discussions on his website: https://vk.com/@580896205-eurasian-economic-forum-plenary-session
(Thank you Karl! That was a marathon of work!) Please read it on Karl’s site.
We then ask the question: Why the extensive and detailed transcripts with readouts? It… Continue reading
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May 24 2023 
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum
Plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum
We can see truly deep and fundamental changes taking place on the global stage. More and more states are taking a course towards strengthening national sovereignty, pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, and adhering to their own development model. All of them are in favour of building a new, more equitable architecture of international economic relations, striving to constructively influence world processes, expand the network of partnerships… Continue reading
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May 22 2023 
G7: Coercive with a side of dishonest false charm, they start the war against the Global South
The first shock is the title of the combined completed G7 statement. Take a look:
G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué
Now take a look at a different presentation:
G7 Leader’s Comminiqué: Hiroshima
But no, it is the Hiroshima Leader’s Communiqué, which speaks volumes. It is the leaders of those that perpetrate atrocities like Hiroshima. If that is not a warning,… Continue reading
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May 19 2023 
China does it again! America’s Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm
China has written a number of white papers or communiques dealing with the various structural cruxes of geopolitical affairs. One of these would be The Global Security Initiative Concept Paper and the forerunner of this specific new communique would be US Hegemony and Its Perils.
Now we have America’s Coercive Diplomacy and its Harm.
One can say… Continue reading
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May 17 2023 
Current History: The Central Asian Vector
From the Valdai Club.
Notes: Although this speaks to the Central Asia area, it is valid in principle for all countries, areas, and regions that are moving to multipolarity. In the recent article on South Africa, I mention internal factors that need to be present in order for a successful break with the single polar hegemon… Continue reading
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May 07 2023 
You have a right to exist, only if we give it to you
Investigating the wins and losses of empire at this stage of the game.
The exceptional and indispensable people are still working on their strong and unreasonable hope closely allied to a hot case of Clinical Psychopathy* that they are still exceptional and indispensable and must be obeyed. Productive activity in the Western Climes must be suffering… Continue reading
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May 04 2023 
The Ukraine Amid the Global Struggle for Freedom and Civilisation
Posted with thanks to Batiushka, the writer
Introduction: Russians versus Ukrainians?
The hireling Western media love to repeat their politicians’ (and arms merchants’) mantra about ‘the brutal and unprovoked Russian invasion of the Ukraine’. Of course, in fact they are talking about themselves and their own invasions of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria etc etc, which… Continue reading
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May 03 2023 
Historic: Iranian president arrives in Damascus for historic visit Raisi is the first Iranian president to visit Damascus since before the start of the US-backed war on Syria in 2011
Raisi is the first Iranian president to visit Damascus since before the start of the US-backed war on Syria in 2011.
Can you hear the wailing and beating of breasts and gnashing of teeth? That infernal noise comes from Israel, which is not accepting the new news. Israel is afraid, very afraid. They have lost their… Continue reading
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May 02 2023 
The Coming Kingdom of Hawaii; US territorial integrity under threat
By Godfree Roberts
After Ukraine began massacring civilians in 2015, President Putin warned that Russia would no longer respect Kiev’s territorial integrity if the killing continued. Ukraine continued killing and lost territorial integrity when the Donbas oblasts fled to Putin’s embrace.
After Japan began threatening China’s territorial integrity with Taiwan, Beijing decided not to wait, and has… Continue reading
