Articles by The BRICS Post
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How the Media Spins Today’s South Africa
Hanief Haider | The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jun 2016
Why certain sections of SA media are more inclined toward foreign capital than Black economic empowerment?
→ read full articleDespair Brazil: This Is a Class War
Alfredo Saad Filho, The BRICS Post - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2016
The judicial coup against President Dilma Rousseff is the culmination of the deepest political crisis in Brazil for 50 years. Despite strong media support for the impending coup, the PT, other left parties and many radical social movements remain strong. Further escalation is inevitable.
→ read full articleWith More Refugees Expected, Europe Needs to Get a Grip
Russell Merryman, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Feb 2016
While financial support is still coming in for the victims of the Syrian conflict, Europe’s political signals are getting ever more contradictory.
→ read full articleDilma’s Fall: The Wrecking of an Inspiring Left-Wing Experiment in Brazil
Alfredo Saad Filho, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
The country’s descent has been turbo-charged by a relentlessly negative media campaign and a succession of corruption scandals orchestrated by overtly partisan judges and a runaway Federal Police seeking to prosecute every instance of bribery and illegal finance touching the PT, however indirectly, as scandals involving the opposition remain un-investigated.
→ read full articleTPP Is a Psychological Instrument Used by the US
He Yafei – The BRICS Post,
16 Nov 2015
November 10, 2015 – On the surface the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is about trade and investment. But seen closely, it is a smart move by the United States to set the bar higher for China in global trade and investment.
→ read full article“Nothing about Us without Us”: South Africa Set to Quit the International Criminal Court
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
19 Oct 2015
The ICC has been seen by many as a proxy tool of the US to further its narrow global hegemonic political interests.
→ read full articleHow the Refugee Crisis Is Being Exploited to Escalate the War in Syria
Adam Johnson - The BRICS Post,
21 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015 – In less than two weeks we went from the picture of a dead refugee child to three new countries bombing Syria. How did we get here? And, perhaps more importantly, why did we get here?
→ read full articleEconomist Editorial Gets Economic With the Facts
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
7 Sep 2015
The policies endorsed by The Economist have only led to more chaos and severe global instability, argues Bongani Mbindwane.
→ read full articleBRICS Bank’s 1st Loan to Be Issued in Yuan Not Dollars
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jul 2015
July 24, 2015 – The BRICS New Development Bank will name its first investment in April next year and the first loan will be issued in yuan not dollar, top officials confirmed.
→ read full articleUfa, Russia at the Center of the World
Mark Sleboda - The BRICS Post,
13 Jul 2015
US press love to refer to the West as “the international community”, but in Ufa we see a truer representation of the world. Russia, with host and presidency duties of both BRICS and the SCO, is holding both summits in concert with the newly formed EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) summit. What is most telling and definitive is not even who is present in Ufa this week – but who is not. The West is not.
→ read full articleGlobal Governance Reforms: Ufa, Russia Hosts the BRICS, EEU and SCO Summits Simultaneously
Bongani Mbindwane - The BRICS Post,
13 Jul 2015
Among all the groundbreaking decisions made at UFA this year, BRICS nations are moving to discard the dollar and euro on their $500-billion intra-trade. Further, the summits in Ufa, highlighted the geopolitical cross-pollination between BRICS and the SCO, which cannot make decisions that are disadvantageous to each other.
→ read full articleThe Moral Imperative of the BRICS Paradigm
Rahul Manchanda, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2015
29 Jun 20156 – Nineteenth century historian Lord John Dalberg-Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. This has never been truer than with the case of the IMF and the World Bank, and the power they hold over world governments and their people.
→ read full articleA Humanitarian Tragedy Imposed on Greece
Lode Vanoost, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2015
The austerity program imposed on Greek society is a humanitarian tragedy. Greece has lost more than 25 per cent of its GDP over the last five years. This is without historical precedent. Even the Great Depression more than 85 years ago was not this bad.
→ read full articleNew Spring in Russia-Greek Ties: Tsipras
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
Putin and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras discussed bilateral trade, economic, investment ties. Tsipras on Wednesday [8 Apr 2015] said Greece “openly disapproves” of European anti-Russian sanctions, because the EU economic war against Russia could lead to a new Cold War.
→ read full articleBrazil Uses BRICS Presidency for Key Foreign Policy Goals
Elena Lazarou - The BRICS Post,
13 Apr 2015
In pushing for a multi-polar world order, Brazil’s foreign policy has been consistent with its BRICS leadership.
→ read full articleRussia-China Interests Aligned: Putin to Chinese FM
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
8 Apr 2015 – In a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Sino-Russian ties “meet the demands of the day” and Moscow will support the Chinese Silk Road project. Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Moscow on May 8 for the 70th anniversary of Russia’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Heads of 26 countries have confirmed their attendance.
→ read full articleUK Snubs US to Join China-Led Asian Bank
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
13 Mar 2015 – Overlooking US censure, the UK has announced its decision to join China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, becoming the first “major western country” to apply for membership. China and BRICS have long protested against their limited voice at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank.
→ read full articleChina’s Defense Spending: Facts vs Hyperbole
Xu Guangyu, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
China’s military budget is $142 billion this year, $ 61,800 per capita. The US defense budget is $ 600 billion for its 1.44 million military personnel or $ 416,666 per capita. Japan spent $ 41.5 billion for the 247,000 personnel in its self-defense forces, or $168,016 per capita. So China’s per capita spending on its armed forces is much smaller than both the US and Japan.
→ read full articleChinese Premier Backs Russia on Crimea
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
Mar 15, 2015 – China’s premier reiterated Beijing’s backing for Russian interests in Crimea, saying China hopes the Ukraine issue will be settled through dialogue.
→ read full articleEU and Russia: No Option but Peace and Coexistence
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
At the moment of writing, the ink on the second Minsk agreement has not yet dried. Closer EU-Russia relations would create a nightmare scenario for the Washington elite, writes a former Belgian lawmaker.
→ read full articleRenaissance of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Rachit Ranjan – The BRICS Post,
26 Jan 2015
The nuclear deal as being discussed currently will only be a temporary solution to an otherwise complex scenario.
→ read full articleRussia Looms Large as Obama Watches India Republic Day Parade
Pooja Bhansali – The BRICS Post,
26 Jan 2015
Most of the Indian military might on display during the parade had a “Made in Russia” tag.
→ read full articleUkraine Crisis: Playing Russian Roulette with All the Bullets in the Cylinder
Alexander Nekrassov, The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Dec 2014
There are two main schools of thought in Russia these days about the reasons for the crisis in Ukraine. The first states that the Cold War never really ended, but lay bubbling in the shadow of the supposedly ‘improving’ relations between Russia and the West.
→ read full articleChina-Led New Bank Challenges Japanese, US’ Influence
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Nov 2014
The AIIB-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will boost China’s global influence and enhance its soft power.
→ read full articleIndian PM Backs Russia, China Ahead of US Trip
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Sep 2014
22 Sep 2014 – Days ahead of his US visit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has backed BRICS members Russia and China, refusing to criticise Moscow for its annexation of Crimea and reiterating trust in China’s handling of territorial disputes in the east and south China seas.
→ read full articleXi, Modi, Jokowi: The Rise of a New Triad
Kishore Mahbubani - The BRICS Post,
8 Sep 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesia’s President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo could end up ranked among their countries’ greatest modern leaders.
→ read full articleAs Western Power Diminishes, BRICS Rises
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jul 2014
July 21, 2014 – The 6th BRICS Summit was a resounding success. While major Western newspapers had consistently neglected the yearly gatherings in the past (or generally described it as a misguided idea), leading global voices such as The Economist and The Financial Times both reported on last week’s meeting.
→ read full articleBRICS Bank, Ukraine Likely to Dominate 2014 BRICS Summit
The BRICS Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jul 2014
The annual BRICS Summit in the Brazilian cities of Brasilia and Fortaleza on July 14-15 [2014] comes at a time in which the global political scene is arguably more unsettled than at any other point in the past 20 years. Given the inherent diversity of the BRICS members, each country will therefore – and understandably – pursue very different goals and agendas at the Summit.
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