BRICS Enlargement – a “Non-Event” or a Stage Victory Against the West?
What does BRICS want to be when it grows up?
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?
Read more...When It Comes to Fighting Russian Diamonds, the Jewish Diamond Trade and De Beers Are a Busted Flush
Efforts to crush the Russian diamond trade come when the industry is under duress. Why might the comparatively small Russian exports survive?
Read more...From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand
Foreign Affiars recycles a 75-year-old strategy from George Kennan that no longer fits the geopolitical realities of the world in 2024.
Read more...Armenia Freezes Participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization, Further Poisoning Ties With Russia
Even as the West is in crisis and prepares to turn its back on Ukraine it helped destroy, Armenian leaders see that and say “I want in.”
Read more...The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi
The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.
Read more...Beijing’s Bid For Influence in the Global South
Even a US propaganda organ is having to take notice of how China is taking advantage of US policy failures, particularly in the Global South.
Read more...Prof. Michael Hudson, World Predictions for 2024 (USA, UN, Palestine, Russia And BRICS)
Michael Hudson pulls out his crystal ball to forecast what might be in store for 2024.
Read more...India’s Russian Oil Imports Helped Prevent A Global Polycrisis
India makes a bold claim about spillover benefits from having ignored Western sanctions on Russian oil.
Read more...Russian Trade Corridors Flourish Under Western Sanctions
A look at Russia’s maritime trade corridors as Western efforts to isolate Moscow continue to backfire in spectacular fashion.
Read more...Breaking News: Chinese, Iranian and Indian Warships Are Now in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
As the Red Sea has become a new hot spot, more countries are sending warships to prevent mischief…potentially not just from the Houthis.
Read more...U.S. Eyes Tighter Sanctions On Iran’s Oil And Gas Exports
The US again plans to deploy its favorite weapon, sanctions, againt Iran. But will the US get the cooperation it expects?
Read more...India Expected To Reject Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese Yuan
As we warned, bilateral trade, here to avoid using the dollar, is messy. Russia is balking at taking more Indian rupees in payment for oil.
Read more...BRICS: An Anti-Imperialist Fantasy and Sub-Imperialist Reality? – Patrick Bond
A no-holds-barred critique of BRICS as mainly aspiring to participate in in current organizations, rather than a create new ones.
Read more...US Tries to Play Hardball with India
The neocons go to their usual playbook. Meanwhile, India expands trade routes with Russia and looks for a way forward with Beijing.
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