B.R.I.C.S. Discussion

Not a great one for photos as these events, especially the formal ones, but this one pretty much sums up the new world heading our way. The leaders of the 3 largest countries in the World, in terms of population or size, clearly at ease with each other. They know they are the future.

This is the 'Heartland' feared by Mackinder back in the early 1900s writ large. The leaders of the 'Rimland' have lost and whilst they or their advisors are aware of it, accepting it is a difficult or even impossible task. This photo needs to be on the wall of every Western leader/foreign minister's office as a reminder.

Erdogan arrives 

Erdogan gets punished. An terror attack against the aerospace industry. Something he is personally quite proud of. Rules based terrorism.

https://english.vov.vn/en/politics/pm-chinh-arrives-in-russia-for-brics-summit-post1130403.vov
https://en.baoquocte.vn/pm-pham-minh-chinh-begins-trip-to-attend-brics-summit-291105.html

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính arrived at Russia to attend the expanded BRICS Summit. Welcoming Prime Minister Chính and the Vietnamese delegation at the Airport were the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, the First Deputy Mayor of Kazan, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Đặng Minh Khôi.