South Asia

Shock in Pakistan: US-Backed Military Losing Grip

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Despite former PM Imran Khan’s detention and the extreme repression facing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), independent candidates backed by the party won the majority of votes in Pakistan’s general election. While PTI received the most votes, a coalition including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PLM-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)...
China

The China Factor: Why Four Middle East Countries Are Joining BRICS

Rania Khalek
Four of the six new BRICS countries – Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE – are in the Middle East. What does this mean for the region, for multipolarity, for the Cold War between the US and China and for the future of the Saudi-Iran rivalry? How does a...
China

Maduro-Xi Meeting: How China and Venezuela are Changing the World

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Venezuela and China announced the elevation of the two countries’ relationship to an all-weather strategic partnership, following Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek discuss what the deepening relationship means for the emerging multipolar world. 
China

Kim Meets Putin, Maduro Meets Xi: A New Era of Global Politics

Brian Becker
New relationships are growing and strengthening among countries in the Global South. Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting, while Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. What do these big geopolitical shifts mean for the...
China

Manufacturing Consent: The New York Times and the Media’s Anti-China Frenzy

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The New York Times is running frequent headlines seemingly aimed at stoking an anti-China frenzy, including most recently, “China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them.” Amanda Yee, an Editor of LiberationNews.org and host of the podcast Radio Free Amanda, joins the show to discuss the NYT’s...
China

US Aggression is Driving North Korea, Russia and China Closer Together with Brian Becker

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Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, is in Russia this month to meet with President Vladimir Putin as the countries seek to further develop their relations in response to the new US-Japan-South Korea trilateral alliance. Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program, explains how the Ukraine war is strengthening the...
China

Can BRICS Be Anti-Imperialist With Countries Like India and Saudi Arabia? w/ Prabhat Patnaik

Rania Khalek
How much of a challenge to Western hegemony does the expansion of BRICS actually pose?  How much of this has been brought on by the West’s own hubris? What should we make of the ideological differences among the BRICS countries? Could India and Saudi Arabia act as spoilers? Or are...
China

How Old Colonial Narratives Are Used to Denigrate Africa’s Ties with China & Russia

Rania Khalek
We’re told that countries across the Global South are poor and plagued by violence not because of colonialism, imperialism, never ending Western wars, resource theft and destabilization campaigns. Rather, it’s because they’re ruled by corrupt and greedy people who seem to be innately authoritarian and backwards due to some sort...
China

BRICS Expansion Will Make Bloc More Powerful Economically, But What About Politically?

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The BRICS alliance of emerging major economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa –  concluded its 15th Summit in Johannesburg with a major announcement. Six new countries have been invited into BRICS membership: Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia.  With three major oil-exporting nations set...
China

BRICS Summit: China, Africa, Russia and the 23 New Applicants

Brian Becker
As world leaders from the Global South convene in South Africa for the BRICS Summit this week, the West is watching closely. 23 countries have applied to join Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa in the grouping, which is focused on trade and development in their regions — typically...
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