The Americans have consumed and dominated 'more' than they produced and contributed. And whenever in trouble like global meltdown -- they forced others to beg, borrow and meekly surrender.
This is being felt not for the first time by India nor that such a realisation has dawned on the international community only in 2025.
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Way back in mid-nineties countries such as Zimbabwe and Malaysia were immensely annoyed by the manner Washington tried to bully the smaller economies and these nations. India was hardly keen nor was it 'qualified' to play a game to break the rules.
New Delhi did not have the perceived to be with that 'extra ordinary courage' that the Narendra Modi regime is displaying today. Thus it may be in fitness of things for developing nations and emerging powers such as India in this era to thumb their noses at the United States to float a new club if necessary.
Post-tariffs battle unleashed by whims and fancies of a Nobel-prize crazy US President; India has given the much needed push to galvanise forces around BRICS and SCO.
The message from New Delhi is clear - no country will have to accept the constant bullying of the western and developed nations - chiefly the US - all the time.
'The Economist' news magazine has made a stinging take on Trump tariffs on India
'The Economist' argues that alienating India was a 'grave mistake' by the US, and it could well be an opportunity for New Delhi to realise its claim of being a 'superpower-in-waiting'.
The article says that Donald Trump has undone "25 years of diplomacy" by siding with Pakistan and by hitting India with higher tariffs than even China.
In its August 29 edition, titled 'India's next move', the UK-based magazine mentioned that India, facing a 50% tariff amid a downturn in its ties with the US, finds itself
-- "humiliated, vindicated, and facing a defining test" all at the same time.
However, the magazine says:
"For America to alienate India is a grave mistake. For India, it is a moment of opportunity: a defining test of its claim to be a superpower-in-waiting. Narendra Modi must try to limit the damage in his relationship with Donald Trump".
Now back to the 1990s. At the Harare meeting of G-15; the then Malaysian PM Mahathir bin Mohammed had launched a broadside against the US for imposing sanctions against countries investing in Iran or Cuba.
So the so-called Russian oil is not a sudden discovery at all. President of Zimbabwe Robert G Mugabe had also flagged "the strong arm tactics and the unrelenting pressure" brought for the developing countries, seeking total surrender of national sovereignty.
It was a different world. There were countries such as Afghanistan and many others who lacked self-confidence and for obvious reasons were dependent on the US. For its part, Washington knew that its power counts.
Trump also took that power for granted in 2025 and though he got it away from countries such as Japan and South Korea; two prominent BRICS members India and Brazil resisted.
In India's case Modi might have made it more difficult by declining to give Trump any credit for mediating the ceasefire with Pakistan. India has not only rejected Trump's claims on a number of occasions; the PM Modi or others including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and military officials have said that the Operation Sindoor is only paused.
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What the world is having over the decades now only an America and western block-dominated United Nations. Is it United Nations of America and hence there may be a need for an AUN -- Alternative United Nations. Who can try these out ?
BRICS ... ok -- yes and no.
The same predicament may apply to the SCO as well. But maybe someone will explore what now looks impossible !!
The SCO launched in 1996 as a security bloc used to be called the “Shanghai Five”.
Today, the SCO member states account for 43 percent of the world’s population, and 23 percent of the economy.
This is almost a quarter of the global economy and hence cannot be considered simply pushover.
SCO was formed by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to settle their border disputes following the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
But in June 2001, the group evolved into a new format including Uzbekistan.
In 2017, the group expanded to include India and Pakistan. Iran in 2023 and Belarus in 2024 were also added as full members.
In addition, the organisation has 14 key dialogue partners, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkiye, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. However, an argument in circulation is that the vision and identity of the group remain unclear.
As mentioned above, the US led most post-World War II multilateral organisations – the United Nations and even the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
But BRICS came as a good alternative. In that RIC is a powerful sub-bloc both in terms of economy, land, population and also military.
The end of the Cold War and evolution of Brazil and South Africa have led to “diversification".
Indian intellectual M V Kamath wrote in an article in 1996 -- "Is not it time to take some positive action to checkmate the United States and save our self respect ?
Is not it time to help form an alternative United Nations?
Well - the time could be Sept 1st - of the calendar year 2025.
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