Who is losing friends and gaining enemies? The USA of
course. Even some EU/NATO members are going over to the other side,
joining BRICS, which clearly shows their affinity of siding with Russia,
without saying the obvious. (Turkey just join BRICS as a partner. 4 of Asean's biggest economies, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia are also partners of BRICS).
And what about the Middle East
conflict, that is changing the minds of Arabs and Muslims. As far as I
can see, only Jordan is the odd one out that is still sleeping cozily
with the USA and Israel. Are the rest of the Middle East not friends of
the Russians. (The big meeting in Kazan says it all, Putin and Russia have a lot of friends. Many heads of states were present).
What about ASEAN? Who are really friends of the
USA? Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia have all indicated their
stance by following China, which ostensibly means also friends of
Russia. Only Vietnam and Indonesia are neutral, while two black sheep
are mixing among the herd. (And Indonesia and Vietnam have signed on the dotted line to be partners of BRICS).
Anonymous
PS. I have added a few sentences on the recent developments in Kazan. These are in brackets.
Great that Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam now partners of BRICS and in time becoming full members. I think Putin is being extremely cautious now about wholesales acceptance of BRICS's membership and is taking a longer period to judge countries based on their longer-term behavior and loyalty stance in the interim.
ReplyDeleteIf I am not wrong, there are now 13 countries accepted as partners of BRICS, all potential members. I believe they have been vetted as worthy to be partners in BRICS and becoming full members in time.
Just letting in one Trojan Horse can be devastating for the group. By the way, I may be wrong, but I think India is beginning to realize that its loyalty to BRICS is more important for India and is now supporting the expansion of BRICS. The willingness of Modi to talk to Xi regarding the border issue is a step in the right direction and is making the West paranoid and nervous. The USA had been putting pressure on India recently, using its attack dog, Canada, to stir shit. India realizes that enough is enough. India is still in the QUAD and needs to show its sincere loyalty to one side only.
The USA is just like a hardcore and habitual gambler, gambling away its hegemonic inheritance, its economic power and its reputation. Had the USA acted fairly after being given the privilege of having the US$ as a reserve currency, and printing rights, it would still be respected superpower.
ReplyDeleteIts misuse of the US$ hegemony put paid to its desire to remain the global hegemon in perpetuity.