Tag: BRICS

SOUTH AFRICA JOINS OTHER BRICS MEMBER STATES IN ENDORSING THE 12TH BRICS LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTERS’ DECLARATION IN HYDERABAD

South Africa has thrown its weight behind the 12th BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Declaration, with Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour, Mr Jomo Sibiya, underscoring the urgency of building labour markets that are inclusive, resilient and ready for the future. “The priorities we have agreed upon are not just timely, they are essential,” said […]

BEIJING PUSHES BACK ON ANTI-INDIA XENOPHOBIA

As China and India rebuild ties after years of estrangement, Chinese officialdom has moved to tamp down a nationalist online backlash against the reopening. A July 2 commentary in the state outlet The Paper (澎湃新闻)—written under “Xin Ping”—a collective byline used for pieces reflecting official positions, and republished in full on the Chinese Embassy in […]

BRICS IS A SPECTACULAR FLOP, UNLESS IT RISES TO GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES

When BRIC incorporated South Africa in 2010 and added “S” at the end of its acronym – turning it into BRICS – many in International Relations believed something formidable was being birthed by the Global South in order to finally counter Western hegemony. The initial members of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South […]

SOUTH AFRICA’S COMMITMENT TO TRADE INVESTMENT AND SOLIDARITY

South Africa’s founding President and global icon, Nelson Mandela, dreamt of a united Africa that would overcome its shared challenges and unlock its immense potential through collective action. He famously said: “I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent.” […]

RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM IN MOSCOW

The Russian Security Council has sponsored its first International Security Forum in Moscow, running May 26-29, in the midst of an international situation that has moved closer to general military conflict than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. There are over 150 delegations participating in the conference, with more than a thousand […]

A VERY PRECIOUS MOMENT TO ACT TO BRING A NEW PARADIGM INTO EXISTENCE

“This is a very precious moment in history, which must not be missed,” Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche wrote with urgency in a May 17 open letter addressed to the Governments of the United Nations, but also meant for action by all the peoples of the world. In little more than a week, the United […]

COOPERATION OR (UN)-CONTROLLED DISINTEGRATION: THE CHOICE AFTER BEIJING

On May 14, Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in Beijing and pledged “a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability”—a three-year framework, an institutionalized economic channel, and a high-level calendar through year’s end. The handshake at the Great Hall of the People was the opening of a possible road back from the brink. On […]

BRICS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN NEW DELHI

At the same time that the Trump-Xi summit is being held in Beijing, the foreign ministers of the BRICS nations will meet in New Delhi over May 14-15, and will set the agenda for the heads of state summit in September, chaired by India this year. RT reports that the meeting “is expected to focus […]

THE BACKDROP TO THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT

“In the case of the actualization of the presently onrushing general monetary-financial blow-out,” Lyndon LaRouche wrote in November 2004, “all of the sundry elements of a complexly integrated world system, including the most notable nations of Asia, would be plunged into chaos in a way most nearly resembling the plunge of Fourteenth Century Europe into […]

UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S VETO POWERS BITE BACK THE US

This week, the UN Security Council is expected to debate a draft resolution on Iran and its spectacular closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a choke-point that continues to devastate the global economy. The constant rise in oil prices as a result of the Middle East crisis can be felt far and near. The closure […]

US “SECOND CIA” LEAD THE WAY IN THE USE OF SOFT POWER FOR REGIME CHANGE

Since its establishment in 1983, the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has stayed true to its nefarious objectives, which are aimed at subverting undesirable foreign governments that are deemed to pursue malign activities that threaten the foreign policy interests of the world’s superpower. When the Ronald Reagan administration founded NED as an NGO, they […]

TOOTHLESS ICC TOO SCARED TO TACKLE “GENOCIDAL BULLY” TRUMP

Time seemed to stand still. The world went eerily anxious, waiting with bated breath. Donald Trump’s finger was on the trigger as the clock began to race faster. Iran, a nation of more than 90 million people, was on the brink of apocalypse. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” […]