Eastern versus Western imperialism
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Saudi Arabia looks set to be joining forces with the Russian and Chinese imperialist regimes in their struggle against American and Western imperialism….
The contours of global capitalism are changing it seems
____________________________“Saudi Arabia is joining an anti-Western influence bloc formed by Russia and China, in a sign of Riyadh’s deepening ties with Beijing as the US pivots away from the Middle East.
The kingdom’s cabinet approved a plan to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a “dialogue partner”, a precursor to being granted full membership, SPA, the Saudis’ state news agency, announced on Wednesday.
Formed in 2001 by Russia, China and former Soviet states in Central Asia, the SCO is a political and security bloc of countries spanning much of Eurasia and has expanded to include India and Pakistan, with a view to challenging Western influence in the region.
Iran also signed documents for full membership last year.”
Similar to Japan before WW2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperity_SphereThey claimed to be anti-imperialists, or against western imperialism
” Saudi Arabia looks set to be joining forces with the Russian and Chinese imperialist regimes in their struggle against American and Western imperialism….”
Won’t this have to ally them with long-term enemies Iran and Syria?
Realignment of capitalist blocs and cartels, old enemies become new friends, and old friends become new enemies. Whoever does not have clear socialist principles will fall in the trap of any of these capitalist groups, or will support inter-capitalist class contradictions, and in essence they are all the same
More on the geopolitical re-alignment taking place between rival imperialisms within our global capitalist system
“Saudi Arabia and Iran’s surprise agreement to put aside their explosive rivalry has raised hopes of resolving conflicts from Yemen and Syria, to Iraq and Lebanon.”
Quite an interesting breakdown of the global geopolitical scene (and terminology) though the author seems to be more biased in favour of the BRICS imperialist bloc than the G7 imperialist bloc….
https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/views/g7-and-brics-in-the-emerging-world-order-1657983387
Richard Wolfe on the emerging new world economy. Makes some useful as well as some questionable points
China´s role in bringing about a reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. What could it mean for the future of global geopolitics?
For strategic purpose the USA might have at its disposition the largest oil reserve in the Caribbean basin, probably larger than Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, and the largest deposit is located in Haiti. The USA is already having conversation with the Venezuelan government in order to import oil from that country
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