Amid the deepening global financial and economic crisis, the imbalance in international political and economic relations, as a result of the policy of the collective West led by the United States to impose a liberal world order based on special “rules”, the erosion of international law and the weakening of […]
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The G20 Is Dead. Long Live The G20
The seventeenth G20 Heads of State and Government Summit held in Bali, Indonesia, on 15–16 November stands out as a consequential event from many angles. The international politics is at an inflection point and the transition will not leave unaffected any of the institutions inherited from the past that is […]
It’s Not Any Of The US’ Business What PM Modi Does At The SCO Summit
India has no reason to be concerned about the US’ reaction to Prime Minister Modi’s participation in this year’s SCO Summit in Samarkand, especially the optics of him “looking chummy” with the Russian and Chinese leaders like Bloomberg fearmongered might trigger that declining unipolar hegemon. Bloomberg headlined a piece on […]
The Global Consequences Of South Asia’s Grand Strategic Reorientation
While it remains to be seen whether Pakistan will grotesquely transform from the “Zipper of Eurasia” into the “Faultline of Eurasia” like is feared, that scenario is still credible enough to seriously concern all stakeholders. South Asia’s Central Role In The Great Bifurcation The global systemic transition to multipolarity is […]
India’s Leadership Of The Global De-Dollarization Trend Will Accelerate Multipolarity
It’s indeed possible for India to independently defend its economic-financial interests vis a vis the US while still coordinating with it to a certain extent in deterring what its leadership regards as the credible scenario of China advancing its regional interests in a zero-sum way. So as not to have […]
Putin’s Summits Next Week Will Strengthen Ties With Iran, Turkey
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced in Moscow on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran on July 19, to take part in a tripartite meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts as part of the Astana peace process to end the war in Syria as well as […]
India, BRICS In Cold War Conditions
The phone conversation on Friday between Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Putin conveyed a big signal, coming on the morrow of the release of the new Strategic Concept by NATO which called Russia the alliance’s “most significant and direct threat.” The readouts from Moscow and New Delhi both highlighted […]
What Will The Multipolar World Order Look Like?
Everyone acknowledges that the global systemic transition has been accelerated in light of recent events, particularly the US-led Western reaction to Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, but few know what the end result will look like. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov just visited China for multilateral talks on Afghanistan, […]
Will A Russia-India-China Heads Of State Summit Be Held This Year?
Very strategic shifts have recently taken place in Eurasia. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov revealed in mid-December after the video meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin that “The topic of cooperation in the Russia-India-China format was addressed.” According to him, the two world leaders “agreed […]
Russia Must Urgently Prioritize Formulating An Official Indo-Pacific Policy
The Indo-Pacific is rapidly becoming the convergence point of many of the world’s geostrategic processes, but Russia has yet to formulate an official policy towards this vast space, which places it at a disadvantage vis-a-vis its Great Power peers. The Indo-Pacific is among the top buzzwords in the foreign policy […]
Return Of ‘Pink Tide’ In Brazil. Viva BRICS!
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit the political turf running. He was catapulted back on to the frontline of Brazilian politics only on Monday by the surprise decision of the country’s Supreme Court to declare that the anti-corruption operation that scuppered Lula’s bid to reclaim presidency […]
India Awakens To Hidden Charms Of RIC
There was a curious hype among Indian analysts over the Russia-India-China videoconference of foreign ministers that took place yesterday. Even the compulsive detractors of processes such as RCI, BRICS and SCO that excluded the US were taking interest. The RIC process as such is not the focal point here but […]
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