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Topic: The new multipolar world order
China drops visa requirements for Swedes
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“A celebration of peace – not a show of force”
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Merz acknowledges: The West’s attractiveness is waning
World"It is no longer a given that the world will orient itself towards us and follow our values of liberal democracy", laments the former BlackRock executive.
Putin: West’s pursuit of world hegemony created multipolar order
WorldThe Russian president accused Western powers and their "servants in Kiev" of sacrificing Ukrainians as pawns in a geopolitical game.
China continues major investment in the new Silk Road
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Analyst: Ukraine war and sanctions have welded together Asia’s great powers
WorldEd Conway urges the West not to underestimate the SCO – an alliance that few European politicians seem to know about but which could soon surpass the G7's economic strength.
Xi Jinping wants to challenge Western dominance – seeks multipolar world order
WorldChinese President Xi Jinping launched a frontal attack against Western "hegemony and power politics" before 20 world leaders at the SCO summit in Tianjin, China.
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Analysis: Is Russia at risk of becoming a vassal state to China?
WorldIvan Zuenko, senior research director at MGIMO University, says the two powers actually have great respect for each other's integrity and independence.
Munich organizer in tears – Vance criticized EU elite
WorldThe Munich Security Conference is described as a turning point in world history as the US lectured European leaders for not listening to their peoples.
Nigeria to be next BRICS partner country
WorldThe most populous country in Africa joins the cooperative organization.
Indonesia becomes the tenth BRICS member state
WorldIt is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous in the world.
China warns US: “A new Cold War cannot be won”
World“Containing China is unwise, unacceptable, and bound to fail”, said Xi Jinping.
“How to overcome Australia’s foreign policy crisis?”
DebateReject the unipolar world disorder and advocate for more nuanced and peaceful security and development architecture outside the G7, writes Ordan Andreevski on TNT Debate.
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13 new partner countries join the BRICS cooperation
WorldNew partner countries include Turkey and Belarus, in addition to countries based in Africa, South East Asia, Central Asia and South America.
Analyst: India will never break with Russia
WorldNitin Gokhale argues that Western elites prefer India to be "a chaotic democracy led by a weak leader".
Kremlin: BRICS is not like the EU
WorldExplains that the BRICS countries have no common charter, nor clearly defined laws and rules to be followed.
Analysis: A new multipolar world is emerging
WorldBut Western leaders have "buried diplomacy" and simply cannot admit that the global center of power is shifting from West to East, warns geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar.
Russia-China partnership blueprint for modern state relations – Putin
WorldSpeaking at the ongoing Brics summit in Kazan, the Russian president took the opportunity to praise cooperation with China.
New international financial system takes center stage as BRICS summit opens in Kazan
WorldThe 2024 BRICS Summit begins today in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.
Some 30 countries ready to cooperate with BRICS – Putin
World"BRICS is not an anti-Western association. It is simply non-Western", according to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Macron calls for new world order
World"We must be imaginative enough to think about the peace of tomorrow, a peace in Europe in a new form", says Emmanuel Macron.
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