Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Global South strategic cooperation

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gelgoog

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ANC has always been against Apartheid. And it was originally a left aligned political movement fighting for the rights of blacks in South Africa. Which some say was aligned with the Soviet Union.

South Africa used to be the richest country in Africa. Although it has now been surpassed by Nigeria and Egypt. They still basically control the world's diamond business (try reading about DeBeers) with their major competitor in the business being Russia. They also have other mines including uranium mines. They have a well developed agricultural sector. Because of its long isolation due to sanctions they also have a more well developed weapons industry than other countries of similar size. Try reading about Denel for example.
But the country is still highly unequal, a legacy of apartheid, and crime is rife.
 
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tphuang said:
Fundamentally we don’t have great hope here for countries that are in nato or have American troops on its soil. Best we can hope for is robust commercial partnership.

Saudis are promising because they are not aligned and are increasingly buying weapons from China.

Best course of outcome is for eu to continue to decline and same with Korea and Japan. Support global south countries and Russia aligned European countries like Belarus and Serbia. That’s pretty much the way to go.
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EU / NATO are tools used by US to commandeer countries against their own interest. I agree with the idea that EU needs to continue to be impoverished.

Once Germany and other countries industries are completely wiped out there will be no economic heart and the European Union will dissolve naturally. This allows China to draw the scattered states into its orbit.



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Russian metal accounted for just 18% of 2021 volumes, a ratio that jumped to 76% last year as penal import duties in the United States and self-sanctioning in parts of Europe disrupted previous Russian trade patterns.
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gelgoog

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luminary said:
Russia the Driver Behind China’s Aluminium Import Boom
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It is pretty obvious what is happening here. China is exporting its aluminium to Europe, and importing Russian aluminium to cover the shortfall. They are basically doing arbitrage. Because Russian aluminium has less possible clients to sell to its price needs to be lower. This is quite smart of Chinese traders really.
 
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Desperate, US releases new "Afghanistan strategy" calling on diaspora Afghans (who are largely in the West) to reconcile with the Taliban and Kabul government, and now seeks a consular presence for the US in Afghanistan.

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Seeking a consular presence meaning reestablishing an intelligence gathering hub.
 
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taxiya

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Desperate, US releases new "Afghanistan strategy" calling on diaspora Afghans (who are largely in the West) to reconcile with the Taliban and Kabul government, and now seeks a consular presence for the US in Afghanistan.

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Either an embassy (= official recognition of Taliban) or no presence at all. US is just trying to gain without paying. Besides, remove sanctions and return the money.
 
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