Foreign ministries of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are busy arranging their agendas ahead of the third BRICS summit in Chinese Sanya on April, 14th. Global events are developing at such a high pace that plans are being corrected on the go. Commenting on the […]
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Forces Regrouped in World Politics?
The BRICS summit will convene in China’s Sanya beach resort on April 14.For the first time in the alliance’s relatively short history, South Africa will participate in the forum as a member along with Brazil, Russia, India, and China, while the disquieting political settings of the early 2011 reinforce the […]
Sowing the Wind
The radioactive dust had not yet settled after the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant when Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan gave a speech saying it was inappropriate to compare the crisis at Fukushima-1 with the accident at Chernobyl in 1986. He said the amounts of radiation released then […]
Japan and India: Coming Together For a Multipolar Asia
By Rupakjyoti Borah (India) In a significant development that went largely unnoticed, India agreed to speed up the mining of its rare earth reserves during the visit of its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan between October 24-26, 2010 for the annual bilateral summit. Rare earth materials find application in […]
China And India: Hitting the Great Wall
By Rupakjyoti Borah (India) The visit of the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to India between December 15 and 17 generated much euphoria in India and across Asia. China and India are two of the fastest growing economies in the world and their growing importance in international affairs is becoming increasingly […]
The Yuan’s Future Role in the Global Financial System
Alexander Salitski (Russia) The planned December 15 opening of the rouble-yuan trading in Russia is a symbolic and potentially historical event. It reflects tectonic shifts in the world’s economy and politics and accordingly promises a transformation of the global financial architecture. At the moment China’s contribution to the global economy […]
China and US: a Clash of Interests
Strategic Culture Foundation (Russia) Two events which had been anticipated for quite long took place in the U.S. shortly before the G20 summit in Seoul. On 2 November the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives, and on 3 November the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would pump […]
China and India Are Radically Changing the World Situation
Mikhail Khazin (Russia) The idea of “divide and conquer” is very simple. Someone owns a unique resource and arranges an intense competition for access to it. US domination has been based on a very simple resource—access to demand by US citizens—which lets those who have it reap enormous profits. By […]
Yuan, Dollar, and the Future of Global Leadership
Elena Pustovoitova (Russia) The US Congress finally ran out of patience after years of coercing China into the yuan appreciation and passed a bill authorizing the US Chamber of Commerce to slap punitive duties on Chinese imports. The very next day Beijing responded by propelling the yuan to the dollar […]
The Sufferings of a Chinaman in China
Konstantin PENZEV (Russia) If someone had asked me a month ago, “Who Is Liu Xiaobo?” I would have answered: “I don’t know, but judging by the name, he’s probably Chinese.” And if someone had asked me a month ago, “What is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded for?” I’d have said: […]
A Nobel Peace Prize Awarded for the Collapse of China
Kirill Govorov (Russia) “Si vis pacem, para bellum”—if you wish peace, prepare for war. Apparently, the jokers on the Royal committee in Norway are guided by that ancient adage as time after time they award the Nobel Peace Prize to political and social figures whose contribution to world peace is […]
US Dollar vs. Yuan: Reasons Behind the Conflict
Alexander SALITZKI (Russia) Debates between the US and China over the valuation of the yuan are currently gathering momentum. A new campaign of pressure on Beijing is initiated by the US Congress which proposed a bill authorizing the government to slap duties on China’s imports based on the view that […]
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