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The SCO & BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance

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Guest Post by Andrew Korybko

The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to full-blown multipolarity should be tempered.

The recent SCO Leaders’ Summit in Tianjin drew renewed attention to this organization, which began as a means for settling border disputes between China and some former Soviet Republics but then evolved into a hybrid security-economic group. Around two dozen leaders attended the latest event, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who paid his first visit to China in seven years. Non-Western media heralded the summit as an inflection point in the global systemic transition to multipolarity.

While the SCO is more invigorated than ever given the nascent Sino-Indo rapprochement that the US was inadvertently responsible for, and BRICS is nowadays a household name across the world, both organizations will only gradually transform global governance instead of abruptly like some expect. For starters, they’re comprised of very diverse members who can only realistically agree on broad points of cooperation, which are in any case strictly voluntary since nothing that they declare is legally binding.

What brings SCO and BRICS countries together, and there’s a growing overlap between them (both in terms of members and partners), is their shared goal of breaking the West’s de facto monopoly over global governance so that everything becomes fairer for the World Majority. To that end, they seek to accelerate financial multipolarity processes via BRICS so as to acquire the tangible influence required for implementing reforms, but this also requires averting future domestic instability scenarios via the SCO.

Nevertheless, the BRICS Bank complies with the West’s anti-Russian sanctions due to most members’ complex economic interdependence with it, and there’s also reluctance to hasten de-dollarization for precisely that reason. As for the SCO, its intelligence-sharing mechanisms only concern unconventional threats (i.e. terrorism, separatism, and extremism) and are hamstrung to a large degree by the Indo-Pak rivalry, while sovereignty-related concerns prevent the group from becoming another “Warsaw Pact”.

Despite these limitations, the World Majority is still working more closely together than ever in pursuit of their goal of gradually transforming global governance, which has become especially urgent due to Trump 2.0’s casual use of force (against Iran and as threatened against Venezuela) and tariff wars. China is at the center of these efforts, but that doesn’t mean that it’ll dominate them, otherwise proudly sovereign India and Russia wouldn’t have gone along with this if they expected that to be the case.

The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, due in no small part to leading countries like China’s and India’s complex economic interdependence with the West that can’t abruptly be ended without dealing immense damage to their own interests. Observers should therefore temper any wishful thinking hopes of a swift transition to full-blown multipolarity in order to avoid being deeply disappointed and possibly becoming despondent as a result.

Looking forward, the future of global governance will be shaped by the struggle between the West and the World Majority, which respectively want to retain their de facto monopoly and gradually reform this system so that it returns to its UN-centric roots (albeit with some changes). Neither maximalist scenario might ultimately enter into force, however, so alternative institutions centered on specific regions like the SCO vis-à-vis Eurasia and the AU vis-à-vis Africa might gradually replace the UN in some regards.

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SCO+ Summit 2025 – Towards a New Global Reality. Towards A Multipolar World Order?

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What the 20th Century was to the West — the next 100 Years will be to the Global South *Editors note* That’s assuming we have 100 years left, we don’t. Time is short! That being said the power structure of the world has shifted from the West to the East, just I’ve been saying for years! JS

By Dr. F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. Reposted with permission by globalresearch.ca

History will record the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China this year as a pivotal moment in the evolution towards a new world order.

The SCO’s burgeoning role as a critical player in the development of a multipolar world was demonstrated this week. It illustrated the Global South’s solidarity with its defining principles: the recognition of sovereignty, non-interference and a rebuttal to the West’s hegemonic model of globalization under the guise of ‘liberal democracy’.

Significance of the event was also connoted through its symbolism —its proximity to the September 3 military parade in Beijing, marking not just the end of World War II but the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the Sino-Japanese War.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was conspicuous as an omnipresent figure at both the summit and parade events – carrying both symbolic weight and strategic meaning.

Moscow continues to advance its role as a reliable interface between nations across Asia and the Middle East – a role of consequence, especially today, given the shifting center of gravity in geopolitical affairs toward Asia and the Global South.

The Russian president’s remarks at the summit were characteristic of his vision of the future; he reiterated the import of adopting and implementing the SCO Development Program through the remainder of the decade. It defines the group’s strategic path towards establishing a carefully-conceived foundation for orchestrating economic and infrastructure initiatives.

Perhaps of equal significance was Moscow’s enthusiastic support for Beijing’s proposal to establish an SCO Development Bank. In addition to financing infrastructure projects, it would assist member countries in reducing their dependence on Western financial institutions and lessen the impact of Western sanctions – pressures which – with varying degrees of severity — Russia, China, Iran, India and others continue to experience.

The imagery from China indicates how the Russian president’s attendance at the summit carried both concrete and symbolic significance: As occurred previously in May, Moscow and Beijing continue to signal their determination to defend historical – not revisionist – truth.

The arrival in Tianjin of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought into specific relief New Delhi’s strategic flexibility and willingness to revisit and advance its relationship with China. In the face of unmitigated pressure from US President Donald Trump, the visit amounted to a definitive statement of India’s shift from historical non-alignment to strategic autonomy.

Modi’s talks with Xi Jinping – his first visit to China in seven years – symbolized their intent to resolve differences. Their continuing border dispute notwithstanding, the countries signaled a willingness to remove obstacles – and move closer. 

Xi remarked to the Indian prime minister that true ‘normalization’ between their nations had actually begun last year at the BRICS summit in Kazan, when both nations deescalated a tense situation. The two sides should “not let the border issue define the overall China-India relationship,” Xi said, adding that economic development should be their main focus.

Modi, referring to relations with Beijing as a ‘partnership’, announced the resumption of direct flights and even voiced an intent to reduce India’s trade deficit with China. 

A priority for India lies in multilateral relationships that augment a multipolar system concerning geopolitical affairs. New Delhi has consistently defended its right to pursue a multi-directed, autonomous foreign policy, viewing Global South initiatives (e.g. SCO and BRICS+) as pivotal in strengthening its sovereignty, pragmatism of strategic autonomy and global relevance.

While India attempts to eschew diplomatic issues with the US, its message is categorical: New Delhi will not accept ‘bullying’, especially with issues impacting national and regional priorities.

The symbolism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also being present at the gathering, was evident. The leader of a NATO-member state attending the SCO summit connoted to the Western alliance that Ankara intends to assert a more sovereign, self-defined foreign policy. 

This reflects Türkiye’s concept of ‘strategic flexibility’, in which the SCO is viewed as more than a forum for regional cooperation; rather, it is a platform for extending Turkish influence and securing access to key assets – from transport corridors to energy markets.

The Tianjin summit welcomed as well the presidents of Belarus, Iran and Pakistan along with Malaysia, Armenia and Azerbaijan signaling their interest in full membership. The wide geographical mix of attendees illustrates that the SCO is moving beyond Eurasia — developing toward a nucleus of an alternative global order.

The Tianjin Declaration, delineating the principles uniting SCO member states was a pivotal outcome of the summit – delineating non-interference in internal affairs, respect for sovereignty, rejection of the use or threat of force and opposition to unilateral sanctions as instruments of coercion. It expressed the common vision of the organization.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented:

“The main outcome of the SCO and SCO+ summits is the shared determination to uphold our rights, without yielding to provocations, in full compliance with international law, the UN Charter, and the principles of the international monetary, financial, and trade systems – the very principles once promoted by the West itself.”

The summit in China manifested more than imagery and words – it confirmed the reality of a multipolar world order – a concept Putin has advanced for years. One thing is certain — it can no longer be treated theoretically. The SCO has given ‘multipolarity’ institutional integrity – steadily expanding, gaining influence and authority throughout the Global South.

The organization is reviewing applications from some ten countries seeking observer or dialogue partner status – indicating a burgeoning interest in the SCO as an alternative center of power in geopolitical affairs.

And one must not overlook rising interest in the SCO from the Arab world. Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are already SCO dialogue partners – nations central to the Middle East’s energy and investment hierarchy. This indicates that a new geopolitical axis linking Eurasia and the Middle East is becoming a reality – with the SCO emerging as a viable alternative to the West’s hegemonic model.

The SCO today is no longer a regional structure; rather, it is a strategic center of gravity in geopolitical affairs. What was once disparaged by the West as a mere ‘regional club’ has matured into a meaningful platform for the Global South – a geopolitical entity with expanding membership, burgeoning economic vigor and a shared political horizon – a new political reality.

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F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. is director of The Fulcrum Institute, a new organization of current and former scholars, which engages in research and commentary, focusing on political and cultural issues on both sides of the Atlantic. After service in the USAF (Lt.Col.-Intel) Dr. Wolf obtained a PhD-philosophy (Wales), MA-theology (Univ. S. Africa), MTh-philosophical theology (TCU-Brite Div.). He taught philosophy, humanities and theology in the US and S. Africa before retiring from university.

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Weapons meant for Ukraine end up with drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas

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Ukraine has become a source of weapons and mercenaries for global organized crime.

Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert.

Since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, one of the main questions raised by analysts has been the risk of weapons sent by the West to the Kiev regime spreading among criminal and terrorist organizations around the world. This has already happened many times, considering that there are reports of such weapons being found in several countries, mainly in the African Sahel. However, recent news suggests the situation may be even more serious: Ukrainian weapons have already reached Brazilian cities.

On July 17, the Brazilian Military Police carried out an operation in the Acari neighborhood, a suburb in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro state. The operation targeted an illegal copper deposit, a common occurrence in Rio de Janeiro’s “favelas” (low-income communities often dominated by organized crime). However, officers also found some weapons used by local drug traffickers there, including a foreign-made anti-drone device.

Initially, the news was reported as a common police seizure. However, footage shared by the officers revealed that the captured anti-drone weapon was identified with the “tryzub”—the coat of arms of Ukraine. After posts on social media questioning about this issue, the military police intelligence department confirmed that the anti-drone interceptor was indeed from Ukraine—the first reported case of Ukrainian weapons found in Brazil since the beginning of the conflict.

There is still no information on whether the interceptor found in Rio is Ukrainian-made or a Western weapon sent by NATO in military aid packages to the Kiev regime. Despite the presence of the Ukrainian symbol, the weapon’s identification was written in English, suggesting it is Western-made equipment. What is known is that the equipment has a range of up to 7,000 meters, creating a safe zone for criminals in Rio’s favelas against drones used by the police.

In Brazil, police are not authorized to use combat drones during military operations in the favelas. However, reconnaissance drones are already being legally operated. The use of this type of interceptor severely reduces the range of police drones, hindering the success of operations. This can have a high human cost for Brazilian police officers, who, without obtaining intelligence data from their drones, are vulnerable to ambushes by criminals during maneuvers in the favelas.

Despite its tourist appeal, Rio de Janeiro has suffered from a serious public safety problem for decades. Around 60% of the city’s territoryis controlled by organized crime. More than 4.4 million people live in these areas, where the Brazilian government has no control. The city’s territories are disputed primarily by the drug trafficking factions Comando Vermelho (CV) and Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP), as well as the so-called “militias,” which are small, independent criminal groups formed by former members of the main factions or corrupt police and military personnel.

The Acari favela, where the Ukrainian equipment was found, is controlled by the TCP faction. Interestingly, last year, this same criminal organization was reported as the first drug trafficking faction in Brazil to use drones in combat situations. The incident occurred near the so-called “Israel Complex”, a group of TCP-controlled favelas with a Christian evangelical majority also in the northern zone of Rio. At the time, drug dealers used a modified version of ordinary civilian drones, enabling them to launch grenades and causing damage to CV-affiliated rival criminals.

This news comes amid a broad process of professionalization of organized crime in Brazil. Currently, criminal factions are investing in hiring armed forces veterans and international mercenaries to improve their combat capabilities. The current conflict in Ukraine plays a central role in this process, as many young Brazilian ex-military personnel are enlisting as mercenaries for the Kiev regime. Those who survive the intense combat return to Brazil and are often hired by organized crime.

This is not an accidental move. Brazilian judge Alexandre Abraão Dias Teixeira recently stated during a public security conference that Brazil’s police already have data showing that criminal factions are encouraging their members and prospects to go fight in Ukraine to receive advanced military training and gain real combat experience. The judge predicts that in the near future, Brazil will face even more serious security problems due to this process—not only in Rio, but also in other states, since Rio’s factions also operate in other parts of Brazil.

“The police have already identified members of Brazilian organized crime who are in Ukraine, engaged there to learn. So, we’re going to face very serious problems here,” he said.

As analysts have long warned, Western weapons sent to Ukraine are constantly diverted to the global black market. This is to be expected, considering that Ukraine is recognized as the most corrupt country in Europe, with a real gangster culture among its state officials. The weapons received are often sold by corrupt Ukrainian military personnel to criminal buyers in other countries—often even to terrorist organizations. The fact that these weapons have already reached Brazil shows that the scope of Ukrainian corruption is truly extensive and that Western military aid packages pose a danger to all countries.

Brazil must take action in this situation, demanding answers from Kiev and its partners. Measures must also be taken to prevent Brazilians from becoming mercenaries in Ukraine, as well as to monitor the arrival of illegal military equipment into the country. However, the primary responsibility lies with Western-biased international organizations, which continue refusing to condemn the West’s illegal measures of unrestricted military support for Ukraine.

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Brazil confirms that it will launch a pilot test of the digital real this year

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With this advance, Brazil will become the first country in South America to launch a pilot of a sovereign digital currency.

Roberto Campos Neto, President of the Central Bank of Brazil, confirmed in the last hours that the pilot test of the digital real will be launched this year. As explained by the official during an event, the new digital currency of the central bank ( CBDC ) will be available in the second half and will have a fixed supply.

Campos Neto also assured that the new asset of the Brazilian giant will be linked to the reserve transfer system, a fiduciary payment system. With this advance, Brazil will become the first country in South America to launch a pilot of a digital currency sovereign.

This is a way to create currency digitization without creating a break in bank balance sheets. This project should have some kind of pilot in the second half of the year ”, said the BCB president.

On the other hand, Campos Neto spoke briefly about how he sees the Brazilian crypto ecosystem. As he slipped, cryptocurrencies are seen as forms of investment rather than as a means of payment, something that could change only with a greater increase in local and global adoption.

In that sense, the country commanded by Jair Bolsonaro works on a bill to regulate the crypto market, which refers to a clear definition of what status digital assets have and defines control jurisdictions in government agencies.

Source article: https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/

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Brazil and China dealt another blow to US dollar hegemony

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US unintentionally accelerated de-dollarization.

Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher

In what is another blow to the hegemony of the US dollar, Brazil announced an agreement with China to facilitate transactions in their respective local currencies, the reais and yuan. This latest dollar-avoiding scheme shows how the largest economies of Asia and Latin America are once again cooperating to boost their sovereignty.

The Brazilian Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments (ApexBrasil) announced on March 29 that the two countries had signed the establishment of bilateral trade in local currencies.

“The expectation is to reduce costs, (…) further promote bilateral trade and facilitate investments [in Brazil],” the state body said in a statement when confirming a key point of an initial agreement signed at the end of January.

The agreement, which implies the exclusion of the dollar as a method of payment, was signed during the Brazil-China Economic Seminar held in Beijing in the presence of representatives from Brazil and China and some 500 businesspeople from the largest companies of both countries.

Officials from both countries specifically signed two agreements.

The first agreement decrees that the Brazilian bank BBM, controlled by the Chinese Bank of Communications (Bocom), enters China’s interbank payment system, known as CIPS, which is increasingly being accepted as an alternative to the Western-controlled SWIFT system. The second agreement establishes the creation of a Clearing House financial institution where the US dollar will again be excluded.

For her part, the Secretary of International Relations of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil, Tatiana Rosito, said at the end of the seminar that as an “initial step” this decision, which is optional, allows “greater predictability of exchange rates” and “reduces the costs of transaction.”

In addition, she pointed out that the elimination of an intermediary currency, in reference to the US dollar, “will be of interest” to companies because “it represents less cost.” 

The Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce, Guo Tingting, stressed that Brazil is a strategic partner and celebrated the progress achieved with the agreement.

Of course, this rapid advancement in relations is in complete opposition to the initial desires of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who closely followed the foreign policy of then US President Donald Trump. However, despite the position of Bolsonaro, it did not hinder economic relations in a major way.

The ApexBrasil agency pointed out that since 2009, China has been Brazil’s largest trading partner and one of the main sources of investment in the Latin American giant. 

“In 2022, trade flow reached a record of $150.5 billion, with Brazilian exports of $89.7 billion and imports of $60.7 billion,” the announcement said.

This new commercial strategy of trading in local currencies has long been promoted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, including as recently as his meeting with Xi on March 20–22.

“We are in favour of the use of the Chinese yuan in settlements between Russia and the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America,” said the Russian president. He also expressed confidence that such “forms of settlement will develop between Russian partners and their third-country counterparts.”

It is recalled that Nouriel Roubini, an economist with the moniker ‘Doctor Doom’ for correctly predicting the 2008 global financial crisis, said in February that the dollar’s status as the world’s main reserve currency is in jeopardy. This is becoming more apparent as the world’s largest non-Western economies, such as China, Russia, India, Egypt, and Brazil, are agreeing to trade in their respective local currencies and not the US dollar.

The truth is that the dollar’s dominance is likely to remain in the near future because it still is the principal currency of international trade and transactions. However, its stranglehold on the global financial system is weakening, especially as more countries are trading in other local currencies, which in turn reduces their exposure to the dollar.

This is why de-dollarization is not a rapid process, but a long one. Ironically though, it is the US that accelerated this process even faster by falsely believing that the weaponization of the dollar through sanctions would make Russia capitulate to its demands in regards to Ukraine. Instead, Russia rebounded the sanctions by establishing new payment mechanisms with friendly trading partners.

The current deal between China and Brazil is massive towards securing their own sovereignty and weakening US hegemony, and one that Washington would not have anticipated when it began its economic hostilities against Russia. But it was this very weaponization of the dollar that made the non-Western world weary of being caught up in a difficult position like Russia initially was. In this way, non-Western trust in the dollar was broken, something that Washington still does not fully appreciate yet, or feel the full effects of.

Johnny’s Commentary: Folks this is exactly the type of thing I was discussing in yesterday’s video/blog post. The US Dollar is on the way OUT and I expect CBDC’s to be implemented this year, probably by July of 2023!!! That is just a few months away so I would keep getting your house in order and ready to deal outside of the new system. Prayed up and prepped up!

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THE HOAX IS BEING UNCOVERED AROUND THE WORLD…

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Members of the Brazilian parliament forced their way into a “Covid-19 Hospital”, where supposedly there were 200 dying everyday and that they were overflowing with over 5000 sick! As we can see now the place is EMPTY just like the emergency rooms here in the USA were EMPTY! We all remember the gurneys with CPR dummies on them and also the Project Veritas videos where hospital staff posed as patients lining up for testing. Now it’s Brazils turn to expose the fraud! Below is the Twitter video that’s been making the rounds. Please share this so more folks can wake up!