FYI, here's a video of Chinese and Indian border guards having a fight. Border skirmishes between the two aren't ancient history.Ok, maybe I am not that articulate, just curious, do you know what the BRICS is? — boagie
it's obvious that these countries (except Ethiopia) are seen as allies of the US. — ssu
Yet not as Egypt, Saudi-Arabia and UAE. Ethiopia (a) doesn't have US bases or US troops in the country and (b) doesn't have Western / US equipment as it's combat aircraft, tanks and artillery are basically of Russian/Soviet origin. The US does provide a lot of aid, but that is mainly humanitarian aid, not like in the case of Egypt military aid.Ethiopia is quite closely allied to the US — Changeling
And now as BRICS has Saudi-Arabia, UAE, Egypt (and Ethiopia) as it's new members, it's obvious that these countries (except Ethiopia) are seen as allies of the US. — ssu
What unites all BRICS countries is their effort to shake off the yoke of the US-led financial system. — Tzeentch
That is incorrect, @TzeentchI think their becoming a part of BRICS indicaters that they're not US-aligned any longer. They were never allied to the US to begin with, but I assume 'aligned' is what you meant. — Tzeentch
Saudi-US relationship has been quite firm. — ssu
Think about it, all the while the States has been subjugating if not destroying other countries' economies with their economic and military might, — boagie
The economic incentive is certainly there.
The Ukraine war signaled to a lot of non-western countries that their money is not safe with the US dollar financial system, expediating de-dollarization. — Tzeentch
But hasn't the war - or rather the sanctions - also shown that the importance of that depends on your economic enmeshment with the US?
It seems to me that de-dollarization has a hen-and-egg problem. The more you export to the US, the more USD you hold and the more vulnerable you are to devaluation or straight up freezing of assets. But at the same time the less room to maneuver you have for de-dollarization. — Echarmion
The problem isn't necessarily US imports and exports. It's the petrodollar, the dollar as world reserve currency, the various global financial institutions created by the US, etc.
It's essentially a system of special 'privileges' the US has created for itself during the unipolar moment, which provide it with a slew of instruments to economically pressure other nations. — Tzeentch
This is the system much of the world is trying to subtract itself from, not in the least because the US tends to function on a "rules for thee, but not for me" basis. — Tzeentch
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