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View from Morocco: Can we trust the BRICS+?

10:39 15.09.2023

View from Morocco: Can we trust the BRICS+?

The 15th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg from 22-24 August 2023, is an important event for the world, especially for the global South. Why is it so important? The reason is simple. The birth and strengthening of the BRICS+ is a step towards limiting the dominance of the West, which has …

More US banks to fail? Not with a State Bank of North Dakota

10:38 15.09.2023

More US banks to fail? Not with a State Bank of North Dakota

Alexander Hamilton dealt with what appeared to be an insurmountable sovereign debt crisis by establishing the First Bank of the United States as an infrastructure and development bank in 1791. That model was followed by Roosevelt’s government in pulling the country out of the 1930s Great Depression, and it can …

Shutdown may hit America again

11:26 14.09.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

Shutdown may hit America again

Judging by American media reports, the US federal government will face a partial closure, known as ‘shutdown’, if the Congress fails to adopt at least a temporary legislation on government budget for the next fiscal year, due to begin on October 1. Under the law, in the absence of the …

British poll: “Should the UK pull back on Ukraine funding now?”

11:25 14.09.2023

British poll: “Should the UK pull back on Ukraine funding now?”

Here are the results of a public opinion poll conducted by a British Express magazine. The result is very interesting. The magazine accompanies the voting results with the following text. Former RAF Air Vice-Marshal and Ministry of Defence (MoD) staffer Sean Bell suggested that the war has weakened Russia to …

US is lost in reverie to change a course of Global South

11:24 14.09.2023

US is lost in reverie to change a course of Global South

A perceived compromise on Ukraine and a rapid succession of deals with other G20 members shows Washington sees the forum as essential, surprisingly notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The impact of the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 is to be measured by the …

Is NATO learning about its future in Ukraine?

11:23 14.09.2023

Is NATO learning about its future in Ukraine?

The war in Ukraine is no different, in fact in some ways it is a poster child for changes in modern warfare. Unfortunately, for NATO, it is also a harbinger of bad news, notes Stephen Bryen, a former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and is a leading expert in …

Vladimir Putin: “Russia raised its head and emerged as a real geopolitical competitor”

17:31 13.09.2023

Vladimir Putin: “Russia raised its head and emerged as a real geopolitical competitor”

During the plenary session of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum Vladimis Putin answered many questions of the moderator of the discussion is Ilya Doronov, managing director of the RBC TV channel. Key points, particulary on international themes. Q. Here is my question: Do you think that these global domestic plans …

Vassily Nebenzia: “Ukrainians also become victims of trafficking in body organs”

11:26 13.09.2023

Vassily Nebenzia: “Ukrainians also become victims of trafficking in body organs”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine. Key points: - The main reason why we called this meeting was to raise again the issue of Western donors’ uncurtailed supply of various sorts of weapons to their beneficiaries in Kiev and its impact on settlement …

View from San Francisco: “To The Last Ukrainian”

11:18 13.09.2023

View from San Francisco: “To The Last Ukrainian”

The war is a disaster in every sense. It was Vladimir Putin who initially noted that the West is willing to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. Well, it looks like it’s finally happening — we’ve run out of Ukrainians, or at least we ran out of the ones willing …

Macron seeks to project a Pacific strategy distinct from that of the US and its western allies

11:18 13.09.2023

Macron seeks to project a Pacific strategy distinct from that of the US and its western allies

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Colombo late July, after a tour of Pacific island states. From 24-28 July he visited New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea (PNG) – the first a French colony, the second a former possession. The French Embassy described Macron’s brief stop in Colombo on 29 …

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