Day: January 15, 2026

BRICS+ Series: South Africa’s shrinking global footprint

This decline is not just  an arithmetic artefact of faster growth in other emerging markets; it is reflective of deep structural weaknesses in South Africa’s economy. The country has once  dominated Africa’s economic landscape, contributing close to 28 % of the continent’s GDP in 1994, a share now that is

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BRICS+ Series: South Africa Draws the Line at Sea

South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began

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BRICS+ Series: South Africa Draws the Line at Sea

South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began

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BRICS+ Series: South Africa Draws the Line at Sea

South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began

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BRICS+ Series: South Africa Draws the Line at Sea

South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began

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BRICS+ Series: South Africa Draws the Line at Sea

South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began

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When Putin Speaks to Western Citizens, Listen

Speaking Past the Gatekeepers  When addresses Western citizens directly and tells them they are being misled by their own  governments and media, the intervention cuts against the manner in which political authority is  expected to operate within the Western imagination. Rather than speaking through diplomats,  policy forums, or elite media

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When Putin Speaks to Western Citizens, Listen

Speaking Past the Gatekeepers  When addresses Western citizens directly and tells them they are being misled by their own  governments and media, the intervention cuts against the manner in which political authority is  expected to operate within the Western imagination. Rather than speaking through diplomats,  policy forums, or elite media

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