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The SCO summit and the quest for economic justice in a multipolar world

The recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, often portrayed in headlines through images of missiles and military parades, carries a deeper and more enduring significance. Beyond the choreography of power lies an attempt to question the…

The Future of Global Governance 

We are witnessing not only the collapse of neoliberal models but also the exhaustion of their so-called humanitarian counterpart. Crises demand our attention, yet deeper transformations are already underway. Humanitarians respond to immediate emergencies—such as Gaza and the Flotilla—but Humanists…

De-Dollarization Was Always More Of A Political Slogan Than A Pecuniary Fact

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 believed that Russia would forever eschew the dollar out of principle. The three-year-long NATO-Russian…

Unipolarity is ending, what comes after?

In the United States, the 2nd week of February was like the collapse of a dike causing a flood. Policies that were supported for decades with billions of dollars, thousands of operators and incessant propaganda were swept away like debris…

Reflections on the Ongoing Global Conflict

The overthrow of the regime in Syria and the passing of the Syrian state into the US-Western camp are the latest episodes in the long-running battle between unipolarity and multipolarity. The former represents American policy, while the latter represents the…

The Indian Model Of Financial Multipolarity Is The Most Relevant For The Global South

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 for ideological reasons at the expense of their immediate economic interests. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr.…

The Biggest World News Item of 2024 Was Not the Recent US Election

The World Had Already Changed Before November 5th Although many of you will find this hard to believe, a series of events took place this year and last year that, in their level of global importance and future impact, trumped…

Afghanistan exposes consequences of U.S. policy of endless war

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan under the still unproven pretext that the Taliban was responsible for harboring Al Qaeda members responsible for the 9/11 tragedy. After two-decades of conflict, Taliban forces have retaken Kabul. Many in the United States and the…