As the Iran war exposes the limits of US power, BRICS nations accelerate efforts to bypass the dollar. The rise of BRICS Pay and India’s CBDC proposal signals a shift toward financial multipolarity. Growing geopolitical instability is reshaping global payment systems and currency alignments. Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a […]
Imagine a world where the US dollar, the bedrock of global finance for nearly a century, is no longer the unchallenged king Imagine a world where the US dollar, the bedrock of global finance for nearly a century, is no longer the unchallenged king. As of January 11, 2026, this […]
BRICS — a significant economic bloc of emerging nations comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is fast shifting its reliance on the US Dollar to gold through the accumulation of the precious metal. Although officially BRICS nations hold around 20% of the global gold reserves, they, along […]
Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono landed in Pyongyang this October. It was the first top-level visit from Jakarta in over 12 years. The timing was no accident: it coincided with […]
US blockade against Cuba has reached truly extraordinary levels. Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. On October 29, 167 United Nations member states voted in favor of a resolution against the United States blockade of Cuba, with only seven no votes and 12 abstentions. Nonetheless, the UN vote […]