Why Deepening US-India Ties Amid Rising Indo-Pak Tensions Might Be A Challenge For Multipolarity By Uriel Araujo US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to India strengthens ties to counter China, while India-Pakistan tensions over Kashmir are on the rise. A delicate… Read More ›
BRICS
Rouble Emerges As Top-performing Currency, Signalling BRICS’ Challenge To Dollar Dominance
Rouble Emerges As Top-performing Currency, Signalling BRICS’ Challenge To Dollar Dominance By Uriel Araujo Russia’s rouble, soaring 38% in 2025, outpaces gold and defies Western sanctions. This is potentially game-changing: amid Trump’s tariff wars, BRICS nations can leverage this success to… Read More ›
BRICS And The Ukraine Ceasefire: Reimagining Global Mediation In A Multipolar Order
BRICS And The Ukraine Ceasefire: Reimagining Global Mediation In A Multipolar Order By Uriel Araujo Moscow’s push for BRICS nations—China, India, Brazil, South Africa—and North Korea to join Ukraine ceasefire talks, alongside Belarus’s BRICS security summit proposal, underscores the bloc’s role… Read More ›
De-Dollarization Was Always More Of A Political Slogan Than A Pecuniary Fact
De-Dollarization Was Always More Of A Political Slogan Than A Pecuniary Fact By Andrew Korybko Any breakthrough in Russian-US relations would inevitably disappoint those multipolar enthusiasts who bought into the most ideologically dogmatic narratives of the New Cold War and consequently… Read More ›
Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against South Africa Is About More Than Just The Boers
Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against South Africa Is About More Than Just The Boers By Andrew Korybko The ANC’s long track record of political mistakes and policy failures is finally catching up to it precisely at the moment when the party finally… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Has Good Reason To Dillydally On Formally Joining BRICS
Saudi Arabia Has Good Reason To Dillydally On Formally Joining BRICS By Andrew Korybko Making an official decision either way could disrupt the Kingdom’s careful multi-alignment between the West and the World Majority. Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim told the… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Just Repost His Threat To Impose 100% Tariffs On BRICS Countries?
Why Did Trump Just Repost His Threat To Impose 100% Tariffs On BRICS Countries? By Andrew Korybko A full-fledged economic pressure campaign by the US against the BRICS countries might be imminent. Trump reposted late November’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on… Read More ›
The Indian Model Of Financial Multipolarity Is The Most Relevant For The Global South
The Indian Model Of Financial Multipolarity Is The Most Relevant For The Global South By Andrew Korybko Few can afford to be massively tariffed by the US, let alone sanctioned, and most aren’t willing to burn their bridges with the US… Read More ›
Trump’s Threats Against BRICS Are Based On False Premises
Trump’s Threats Against BRICS Are Based On False Premises By Andrew Korybko Putin doesn’t hate the dollar and actually wants Russia to once again be able to use it with its partners for reasons of convenience, but it was the US… Read More ›
Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Afro-Eurasian Grand Strategy
Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Afro-Eurasian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko These ambitious plans will obviously take time to unfold, and there might be some road bumps along the way, but the importance rests in the fact that this is what Russia… Read More ›