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The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa came to an end on August 24. It resulted in a Declaration, which states that all of these nations will cooperate to build a global order based on equality, respect, and consideration for each other’s interests. The association has accepted six new members, and it will soon accept 15 additional states that have applied to join. It is known that 20 more developing countries are exploring increasing their engagement with the BRICS. In simple terms, the struggle to create a new, more just world order has entered a significant new stage. In this regard, three points should be highlighted…

The Western propaganda of ‘isolating’ Russia aside, there is little gainsaying that Russia’s global clout has increased manifold in the wake of its military conflict with Ukraine and its NATO allies. For the West, Russia’s exit from Europe (e.g., the European energy market) due to sanctions strangely meant ‘the end’ of the Russian economy, politics, and military strength and ‘the ultimate victory’ of the West. Surely, this was a gross miscalculation, as the West never possibly imagined a fundamental – and such a rapid – Russian economic relocation from the Global North to the Global South…

The recent military coup in Gabon – the latest example of a domino effect in which neo-colonial regimes have collapsed one after another in Africa – has resulted in yet another headache for France. As media around the world have noted, in yet another serious blow to French interests, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was deposed by a military junta shortly after he was declared the winner of the general election, despite the fact that the vote was widely condemned within the country as being fraudulent, fixed, and not representing the will of the people. Readers will remember that in the past three years, military officers have overthrown the presidents of Burkina Faso…