From its very origin there was some inkling from its very origin there was some inkling among several of the members inkling among several of the members in making inkling among several of the members in making this configuration very much in making this configuration very much an in making this configuration very much an alternative to the us led or western much an alternative to the us led or western led global order. whether it was specifically concerned in the influence was specifically concerned in the influence of the us dollar, or through influence of the us dollar, or throughjust an influence of the us dollar, or through just an alternative entity and global south based configuration that is really intended to elevate the interests of the global south. i don t know if this is the global south. idon t know if this is all the global south. i don t know if this is all that much of a departure from this is all that much of a departure from what this is all that mu
Interesting well and has even been characterised as a mole on chinese media and among chinese citizens is one of the countries that does not fit so well into the stealth reconfiguration in part because of the role that it plays in collaborating leads to a degree with united states and other nations. and united states and other nations. and the other thing at this moment is the other thing at this moment is the reason that emma putin cannot go to south africa is because he would be arrested if he set foot there so the are dilemmas between countries politically a5 the are dilemmas between countries politically as well. what can the us do economically or does the us need to do anything economically, margaret, to make sure that the dollar remains the main trading currency? it dollar remains the main trading curren ? , ~ , ., currency? it strikes me that there are many limits currency? it strikes me that there are many limits at currency? it strikes me that there are many limits at this
Polls. that multipolar vision i think is more realistic.- polls. that multipolar vision i think is more realistic. and it does not need think is more realistic. and it does rrot need to think is more realistic. and it does not need to pose a think is more realistic. and it does not need to pose a threat - think is more realistic. and it does not need to pose a threat to - think is more realistic. and it does. not need to pose a threat to anyone but the point is we are at a very difficult political situation in the world at the moment because we have got china and america but relation is not at their best, the war in ukraine so we are not where we were when brics set out to develop. but what is when brics set out to develop. pm what is interesting is this term was a goldman sachs analyst description of up and coming developing countries and then the countries themselves made it into this economic alliance and now it is turning into a geopolitical one but i think a lot of the difficu
Than we feared we d be. in geopolitical terms the g7 almost always garners the lion s share of political and media attention in the west, and beyond, but when the bric5 summit began today injohanesburg, not only were brazil, russia, india china and south africa talking about expansion, there is also the ambition to become a counter to western domination as they see it. there s no shortage of countries lining up tojoin brics argentina, belarus, indonesia and nigeria among them, but while the leaders of the five nations are braodly in agreement about that, this morning, at the outset, brazil s president lula de silva insisted that brics is not meant to challenge the g7. here s emir. a greeting fit for the future leaders of the world. or at least those not wanted for arrest.
This is not a good night at the museum. how could theft on such a scale happen? do you think their position is untenable? not really, ithink do you think their position is untenable? not really, i think if i had been untenable? not really, i think if i had been in those positions i would have gone had been in those positions i would have gone virtually immediately. tonight we rejoined by charles suamerez smith, the former head of three national art insitutions, and christos tsirogiannis, unesco s expert on the trafficking of illicit antiquities. also tonight, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. at a summit in johennesburg, the five brics countries push for expansion, and challenge what they see as the g7 s hegemony. so what is their plan? we ll be speaking to a former china analyst for the us department of defense, a south african international security expert who s at the summit and the host