Trump Says He Wants To Work With China and Russia on ‘Denuclearization’
The president said that Putin liked the idea of cutting back on the number of nuclear weapons during conversations in his previous term
On the Eve of Trump, Iran and Russia Launch Historical Deal
In a detailed strategic partnership agreement signed last week in Moscow, Eurasian powers Russia and Iran issued a challenge to the US-led global order and placed its incoming new president…
BRICS Expands to 54.6% of World Population By Adding Nigeria, Africa’s Most Populous Country
With the addition of Nigeria, BRICS now has 10 full members and nine partners.
Juan Cole: New Solar Installations Double to 24.5 Gigawatts in 2024 in India
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – India installed 24.5 new gigawatts of solar power in 2024, along with 3.4 gigawatts of new wind. That represented…
BRICS Grows, Adding Indonesia as Member: World’s 4th Most Populous Country, 7th Biggest Economy
BRICS keeps expanding. As a new full member, it added Indonesia, the 4th most populous country with the 7th largest economy on Earth. BRICS now has 10 members and 8…
BRICS Expands With 9 New Partner Countries. Now It’s Half of World Population, 41% of Global Economy
BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than…
Everybody Wants to Join BRICS
The world is changing, but Washington remains frozen and indeed left behind in its post-1991 delusion as the unipolar global chieftain...
Jeffrey D. Sachs: The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions
Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates.
The BRICS Summit in Kazan: A Manifesto for a Rational World Order
Let the West remain in denial about BRICS. While some dogs may bark, the caravan moves on.
BRICS Grows, Adding 13 New ‘Partner Countries’ at Historic Summit in Kazan, Russia
BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where it expanded with 13 “partner nations”, after adding four new members. These are the most important takeaways from the…
BRICS Breakthrough? Economists Richard Wolff & Patrick Bond on Growing Alliance, Challenge to US
Will the BRICS economic and political alliance change the world’s U.S.-centered balance of power?
Elite US Economist Warns: Dollar System Is Weakening as Gold BRICS Rise
The US dollar is gradually losing its dominance, and foreign central banks are buying fewer Treasury securities, instead holding more gold in their reserves, warns mainstream American economist Mohamed El-Erian.…
The World Would Be Better Off Without NATO, Revisited
Time to mothball NATO, so it can never cause such a catastrophe and endanger the entire world again.
Is the Reign of the Dollar Coming to an End?
Though the Dollar-Wall Street regime remains significantly powerful, de-dollarisation and possibilities of a shifting global order are being driven by US economic weakness, the aggressive use of illegal sanctions by…
Michael Brenner: Still Unthinkable?
The United States's provocative actions are the principal reason the "unthinkable" possibility of nuclear war is becoming ever more likely.