The BRICS were well poised to rival the West’s control of the global economy. But while they grapple with economic slowdowns and rising social tensions, other blocs of developing economies are rising to the fore.
Somehow a disagreement over Ukraine has morphed into Nazi armies poised on the Polish border, or Soviet armored divisions threatening to overrun Western Europe.
As Cuba and the United States continue down the road of reconciliation, they must still avoid the bumps.
Obama’s no peace president, but he’s won important diplomatic victories. Will they survive the 2016 election?
At this year’s Summit of the Americas, member countries should work for a resolution to the political crisis in Venezuela alongside an end to U.S. sanctions on the country.
For those who view international relations as a quest for equity between nations, the U.S. and the West bullied Iran into a nuclear deal.
New sanction legislation against Iran would alienate Europe, Russia, and China.
The U.S. has switched its intransigence toward Iran from enrichment capacity to sanctions.
A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow could backfire on Washington by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.