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🇰🇵 Pyongyang · Wasong (Phasong) District Phase 3, around 8 PM

Crazy pictures from North Korea. The capital seems polished.

Still no cars at all, only a few busses. But you see some people with smartphones.

Interesting to look inside the closed country, what do you think?

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Donald Trump's summit with leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at the White House reflects the US scramble for rare earth minerals which are essential for powering tech and defense industries. With China controlling the lion’s share of global rare earth mining and processing, Washington is now determined to diversify its supply chain. Central Asia, rich in these minerals and uranium, presents an attractive alternative, but one that requires heavy investment and political leverage.

Trump’s rhetoric about reviving "Silk Road connections" and forging new alliances masks a deeper intent: to pull these nations away from their traditional ties with China and Russia and into the orbit of American influence. If you look at Kazakhstan, for instance, its mineral exports to China and Russia dwarf those to the US. Washington doesn't hide its pipe dream to reverse that balance.
Trump hailed a $100 billion trade and investment deal with Uzbekistan saying that Uzbekistan will invest nearly $35 billion over the next three years and more than $100 billion over the next decade in key American sectors. Dream on.
The repeal of Soviet-era trade restrictions, introduced by a bipartisan group of US senators, is part of this strategy. By removing legal barriers to American investment, Washington aims to embed itself more deeply in the region’s economic infrastructure, shaping its future in ways that serve American interests.

Security cooperation was another pillar of the summit, yet US “support” comes with strings attached: surveillance partnerships, and political influence. Sergio Gor, Trump’s special envoy to South and Central Asia, told Central Asian officials that Washington is committed to the region "you will have a direct line to the White House, and get the attention that this area very much deserves.” The C5+1 framework, while nominally focused on regional stability, functions as a vehicle for US strategic expansion, especially in the wake of its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Also Thursday, Kazakhstan's president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, agreed that his Muslim-majority country will join the Abraham Accords, Trump’s initiative to normalize relations between Muslim-majority countries and Israel. Given that Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992, this move was largely symbolic but served to hype up an initiative that was the signature 'foreign policy achievement' of Trump’s first term.
Obviously, the Accords were less about peace and more about consolidating US-led blocs that serve its foreign policy goals, particularly in sidelining Iran.

Ultimately, the summit was not just about minerals or diplomacy. The US is leveraging the multi-vector foreign policy of Central Asian countries to expand its influence in a strategic region on the doorstep of China and Russia. @LauraRuHK
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🗞 What News Should We Cover? You Decide.

This Sunday on "BRICS Epstein Files" — our live show hosted by economist Benjamin Epstein — we’re handing the mic to YOU for the final part of the stream.

Got a story that matters? A headline that’s being ignored? A piece of news you think our community needs to see?

Drop it in the comments below—just be sure to include a link to the source. (Even if links aren’t visible here because of the spam filter, don’t worry — we can still see them in our backend.)

💥 We’ll pick a couple of your suggestions to read and analyze LIVE on the show — and if we pick yours, we’ll give you a shout-out on air.
💬 You can also drop your hot takes and links during the live stream itself and be part of the real-time conversation.

Let’s show what a smart, sharp, unstoppable community looks like.
Your voice matters — now let’s make it heard.

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Beyond the Dollar: BRICS Initiatives for a Multipolar Financial System
The need to face up to the deficiencies of the Western-controlled monetary and financial system should lead the BRICS to better organize themselves going forward in order to remove at least in part the internal obstacles to change. Although some sensitive matters, such as the possibility of creating a new reserve currency, are only feasible in the longer term, the group should continue to work towards providing practical alternatives not only for themselves but for developing countries as a whol...  Read more »
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▶️ The US Senate fails to pass resolution that would have limited President Trump's ability to carry out an attack against Venezuela without Congressional approval, the motion failed with a 49-51 vote.

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Cyrus Janssen - "We don’t talk about it, but we should: 1 in 4 homes in the U.S. are powered by nuclear energy, much of it fueled by Russian uranium. Tens of millions of Americans rely on a resource we import from a country we're in conflict with..."

This clip cuts through the noise to reveal how deeply global interdependence runs, even in energy. Trade wars sound strong on paper, but the reality?

We're more connected than ever.

It’s time for a more honest conversation about what ‘national strength’ really means in a global economy.

🎥 Full interview link: https://youtu.be/RxckJpRt-os
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Pepe Escobar: Trump in deep trouble as Putin drops missile BOMBSHELL, Venezuela War ERUPTS
Pepe Escobar interviews with Danny BOMBSHELL Haiphong.

Trump is going nuclear on Russia, but Putin has just called his bluff after a humiliating US defeat to China. Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joins to break down the bombshell victories achieved by Russia and China over Trump’s nuclear escalations, as well as the next phase in the empire of chaos’s war on BRICS.  Read more »
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What happens when the world stops playing by America’s rules?🎙
Watch now 👉 https://youtu.be/-lugzOV76yk

In this revealing discussion, two sharp minds unpack the shockwave shaking the balance of global power. With David Oualaalou, former D.C. security analyst, and Elizabeth Ann Stewart, industry insider behind more than 140 media projects, we go beyond the headlines to ask the questions others avoid.

Why did this happen now? What does it mean for the U.S. — and the rest of us?
Poised, thoughtful, and piercing — this is journalism that listens before it speaks. 🎯

#ThinkBRICS #GlobalShift #Geopolitics #USNews #BRICS #DavidOualaalou #ElizabethAnnStewart #WorldNews #PowerShift
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Think BRICS pinned «What happens when the world stops playing by America’s rules?🎙 Watch now 👉 https://youtu.be/-lugzOV76yk In this revealing discussion, two sharp minds unpack the shockwave shaking the balance of global power. With David Oualaalou, former D.C. security analyst…»
President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria will not be intimidated despite rising international concerns over alleged Christian genocide in the country.

The President made the remarks in a statement posted on his verified X account on Friday, days after United States President Donald Trump threatened potential military action over alleged attacks on Christians in Nigeria.

https://www.nigerianeye.com/2025/11/tinubu-responds-to-trumps-threat-of.html
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De-Dollarisation: The Path to the Future
On November 7, 2025, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the report "Beyond the Dollar: BRICS Initiatives for a Multipolar Financial System." Moderator Oleg Barabanov emphasized that for many countries facing US sanctions and tariffs, the topic of abandoning the dollar in mutual settlements is becoming increasingly pressing. Many BRICS+ countries are raising the issue of strengthening mutual solidarity, building stronger ties, and establishing a support system.  Read more »
China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, confirming the technical feasibility of thorium utilization in a molten-salt reactor nuclear energy system, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) on Saturday.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1347088.shtml
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🌎 A storm is shaking the global financial order — and BRICS has the blueprint for what comes next.

💥 Dmitry Birichevsky (Russian MFA), Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba), Rasigan Maharajh (TUT), Marco Fernandes (BRICS Civil Council), and Anna Tsibulina (MGIMO) debate with Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr (ex-IMF & NDB) on his paper “Beyond the Dollar: BRICS Initiatives for a Multipolar Financial System.”

🌍 A sharp discussion on how the Global South can truly move beyond the dollar — moderated by Oleg Barabanov of the @valdai_club Valdai Discussion Club.

📖 Read the full article here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/the-storm-and-the-blueprint-charting

#ThinkBRICS #ValdaiClub #BRICS #DeDollarization #GlobalSouth #BeyondTheDollar #Geopolitics #BRICS2025 #MonetarySovereignty #NDB
Fyodor Lukyanov: Trump hasn’t changed America, but he has revealed it
The “rules-based order” is dead and Washington now acts without boundaries

Fyodor Lukyanov


A year has passed since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election for the second time. And it makes more sense to start the clock there, rather than on Inauguration Day. The political and psychological shift began immediately. From that moment, the American agenda started to mutate, revealing what in US behavior is anchored in institutions and what is simply the product of person...  Read more »
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Social Movements in LAC: Open Summit in Santa Marta Ahead of CELAC–EU Talks
Featured Image:  Delegates gather for the opening session of the Third Social Summit of the Peoples in Santa Marta, Colombia. Photo: @teleSURtv

Protecting the Zone of Peace in the LAC

Civil society organizations from across Latin America and the Caribbean opened the Third Social Summit of the Peoples on Monday in Santa Marta, Colombia, aiming to strengthen regional dialogue and collective action on migration, sovereignty, and regional integration.

The meeting, held at the Irotama Hotel, begin...  Read more »