Geopolitics

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The study of how factors such as geography, economics, military capability and non-State actors affects the foreign policy of states.

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Confronting the great genocide illusion: Gaza and Xinjiang - Friends of Socialist China (socialistchina.org)
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China, multipolarity and the rise of the Global South (socialistchina.org)
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Sri Lanka's Change Election (indi.ca)
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China-South Africa relations a model of solidarity and cooperation for developing countries (socialistchina.org)
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BRICS Stockpiling Gold as the G7 Weaponised Finance (glenndiesen.substack.com)
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Australia is one of the cornerstones of the US imperial project, with its mineral extraction, fortified military, and subservience to the British crown. (peoplesdispatch.org)
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All of a sudden it turns out countries joining alliances can be threatening. How very interesting. (www.reuters.com)
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China, Russia must fight US 'containment': security chief (www.rfi.fr)
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Everybody Wants to Join BRICS (www.counterpunch.org)
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Europe’s Struggle With MAGA Is Unlikely to End Well (www.bloomberg.com)
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John Mearsheimer who previous argued the US should strangle China's development now feels the US can't do it now as China is too powerful - the relevant part is at the 6 minute mark (www.youtube.com)
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The majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs. (consortiumnews.com)
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Forum defends anti-imperialist Marxism and People’s China (www.workers.org)
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One likely reason the West failed to spot how it was being leapfrogged by Chinese industry could simply be good old-fashioned ingrained cultural prejudice (research.gavekal.com)
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The rise of China and the Global South is part of a century-long process (peoplesdispatch.org)
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In a rare move, Geng Shuang, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has stolen a march on the US side. (xcancel.com)
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https://x.com/Eivor_Koy/status/1852231913781731656

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Xi urges China, India to facilitate each other's pursuit of development aspirations (english.news.cn)
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DPRK Says Will Stand By Russia Until 'Victory' In Ukraine (www.barrons.com)
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Emmanuel Todd: The end of the West is near (www.fr.de)
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Israel's burning alive of Shaaban al-Dalou also incinerated the western-led global order (jonathancook.substack.com)
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A good dive into US government involvement in occupied Korea violating DPRK Airspace (youtu.be)
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BRICS: Ist die globale Mehrheit eine Bedrohung für den Westen? [Is the global majority a threat to the West?] (youtu.be)
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Unfortunately no English subtitles on this one but for German speakers this could be interesting, something to share with acquaintances who need to be deprogrammed out of mainstream media brainwashing re: Russia/China. I am so used to German political commentary being bottom of the barrel garbage that i was surprised to stumble onto this interview where for once a German program is presenting intelligent and realistic analysis.

From the video description:

"Stephan Ossenkopp is a freelance journalist and a proven expert on the BRICS alliance with a particular focus on China. He has already traveled to the country several times and, as deputy chairman of the Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo), advocates for stronger relations with China. On his blog “The Multipolar World” he regularly highlights the development of the BRICS alliance and the new member states, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran, which have been strengthening the alliance since 2024.

In this interview we talk about the BRICS alliance as a growing counterpoint to the G7 and its role in a multipolar world order. We examine the question of how BRICS could change geopolitical and economic structures and to what extent the alliance can reorganize the global world order with its new financial and trade architecture."

I don't know much about this channel other than that the interviewer used to work for RT and has had a bunch of hit/smear pieces written about her by German media. Judging from the titles of some of the other videos on this channel it seems to be a mixed bag with some probably decent interviews, at least on the geopolitics and economics side, but also some that are almost certainly just reactionaries spewing culture war talking points.

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Vladimir Putin has already won, whether you like it or not (www.scmp.com)
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Der Spiegel: West will have to make real concessions and give up privileges (www.spiegel.de)
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Expanded BRICS grouping is the start of ‘a different kind of international order’, says expert (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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