US President Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the divide-and-conquer strategy failed. Instead, Moscow and Beijing are closer than ever, and they are at the heart of a Global South-led movement to build a new multipolar world order, challenging Western hegemony and imperialism. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-bq4347Z18
US attacks blow back, uniting China, India, Russia, Iran; encouraging dedollarization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFGCUtzzQ8
Topics
0:00 China and Russia: close partners
0:59 USA fears "near-peer" competitors
1:51 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia and China
2:06 US divide-and-conquer strategy
2:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio: "partner with the Russians"
3:04 Marco Rubio, top US war hawk
3:33 (CLIP) Marco Rubio: China is top "threat"
4:16 China and Russia's political ties
5:33 China's trade with Russia
6:28 US and Russia: economic competitors
7:37 Trump doesn't have anything to offer
8:23 Global South leaders meet in China
9:41 USA failed to divide India and China
10:28 China's 80th anniversary WWII victory parade
12:09 Trump laments China-Russia-India ties
13:02 Xi-Putin meeting in Beijing
14:19 USSR and China in WWII
18:21 Dedollarization of China-Russia trade
19:44 Power of Siberia 2 pipeline
21:44 Russia integrates with Eurasia
22:19 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
22:44 BRICS
23:33 Neocolonial financial system
25:30 Russia deepens ties with Global South
27:34 New multipolar world order
28:37 Outro
