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BRICS News: India balances, Russia negotiates, China builds—and the bloc evolves in real time. In this Think BRICS analysis, we break down BRICS 2026 strategy behind the latest global power shift.

In this episode of BRICS News, we at Think BRICS, break down BRICS 2026 developments shaping a multipolar world.

This BRICS News analysis explores what mainstream headlines call “fracture” but what may actually be strategic construction. We examine Russia BRICS strategy and the reported Russia dollar negotiations, asking whether Moscow’s tactical engagement with the dollar signals retreat—or leverage. At the same time, China yuan global currency ambitions accelerate, reinforcing de dollarization through expanding trade settlements and financial infrastructure.

We analyze India BRICS role as it walks a diplomatic tightrope—balancing Washington ties while advancing the BRICS payment system architecture. From BRICS Pay to Digital Ruble 2026 cross-border ambitions, the bloc’s financial plumbing continues to evolve. The episode also covers BRICS maritime security initiatives, including Russia China Iran naval drills, and what they signal about protecting trade routes in a changing global order.

Finally, we examine Cuba BRICS support amid the tightened Cuba US blockade, highlighting how Global South alliance dynamics and BRICS expansion could redefine solidarity in the emerging multipolar world. This BRICS latest news breakdown connects currency strategy, maritime coordination, and geopolitical positioning into one coherent picture of long-term structural change.

This episode does not provide financial advice, investment recommendations, or official government positions on BRICS 2026 policy decisions. It does not cover internal classified negotiations, detailed military capabilities of Russia China Iran naval drills, or confidential aspects of Russia dollar negotiations. We do not present exhaustive economic data modeling on de dollarization outcomes, nor a full historical account of BRICS expansion since inception. Instead, Think BRICS focuses on publicly available BRICS latest news, strategic signals, and the broader global power shift shaping the multipolar world.

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0:00 - BRICS Is Not Fracturing: The Global Power Shift Is Accelerating in 2026
1:44 - Russia’s Dollar Comeback? Inside the Kremlin’s 2026 Negotiation Strategy
2:11 - India’s BRICS Tightrope: Tanker Seizures, U.S. Trade Deals & Strategic Autonomy
2:37 - The “Dmitriev Plan” Explained: Russia’s Secret Talks on Dollar-Based Trade
3:35 - Weaponized SWIFT & Sanctions: Why Russia Says It Never Left the Dollar
4:12 - China’s Powerful Yuan Vision: Is the Yuan Becoming a Global Reserve Currency?
4:42 - Digital Ruble 2026: How BRICS Plans to Bypass SWIFT with New Payment Systems
5:41 - BRICS Pay, mBridge & Precious Metals Exchange: The De-Dollarization Blueprint
6:08 - India’s Hidden Role in Building a Post-Dollar Financial System
7:08 - BRICS Maritime Security Force: Russia, China & Iran Challenge “Western Piracy”
7:40 - Russia-China-Iran Naval Drills 2026: What “Will for Peace” Signals to the U.S.
8:14 - Maritime Security Belt 2026: Power Moves in the Strait of Hormuz
9:07 - Cuba Under Siege: U.S. Blockade Tightens as BRICS Steps In
9:35 - China, Russia & Mexico Respond: BRICS Support for Cuba Intensifies
10:02 - Vietnam’s Rice Diplomacy: How the Global South Is Building Food Sovereignty
11:30 - Tactical vs Strategic: Russia Negotiates, China Builds, India Balances
11:55 - Multipolar World in Motion: BRICS Expansion, Digital Currencies & Global Realignment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrlUeBAnypY

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

destabilising....

 

Iranian Resilience

by Scott Ritter*

 

Back in 2023 I had the honour of meeting with former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi while he was in New York for the General Assembly debate. He provided me and the others in attendance with a very frank and detailed assessment of the situation in Iran following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022. He described the massive internal unrest that followed as the greatest threat to the Islamic government of Iran since the revolution. He stated that foreign intelligence services had taken advantage of societal fractures and were seeking to break Iran apart. He stated that Iran had been able to defeat these outside forces, and was a stronger nation because of it.
    Raisi died in a helicopter crash in May 2024. He was replaced by the current President, Masoud Pezeshkian. In September 2025 I was again invited to a meeting with President Pezeshkian in New York. He stated that Raisi’s death had led to a division in the Iranian government about policy on how to deal with the West. He said that foreign intelligence services, led by Israel and the US, sought to exploit these divisions, and that the decapitation attack carried out by Israel with the assistance of the United States in June 2025 was designed to collapse the Iranian government and create an opportunity for anti-government forces to take control. Pezeshkian noted that these efforts failed, and that Iran emerged from the 12 Day War with Israel and the United States more united than ever.
    The effort to topple the Iranian government was a major Israeli/United States objective. Both Israel and the United States have pulled out all the stops to create the current unrest in Iran. But the Iranian victory against the foreign-led opposition in 2023, combined with the unification of political purpose which emerged after the June 2025 war, has made Iran extremely resilient against outside efforts to overthrow the Islamic government.
    The Iranian government is on the verge of fundamentally defeating the foreign supported opposition in Iran today. This has Israel in a panic, because they have burned the totality of their resources in Iran in support of the current unrest. The United States as well is concerned that an Iranian government victory today will make it impossible to change the regime in Tehran. There is a real danger that the United States and Israel may launch attacks on Iran in the near future designed to weaken and discredit the Iranian government while providing military cover for the opposition forces carrying out acts of violence in Iran today.
    It is highly unlikely that these attacks will succeed in their own right. They will, however, trigger an Iranian response that will disrupt oil production in the Middle East for a significant period of time.
    This appears to be the goal of the Trump administration, and explains in large part the timing of the United States attack on Venezuela, which sought to secure Venezuelan oil in anticipation of a new energy crisis triggered by a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran. The world is looking at a deliberate attack on global energy security as a means of bringing down Iran, weakening Russia, and destabilizing BRICS. •

https://www.zeit-fragen.ch/en/archives/2026/nr-3-3-february-2026/iranian-resilience

 

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.