US EditionThe SCO Tianjin Summit: Unity in Pageantry, Division in Practice?
The SCO summit showcased economic cooperation exceeding $500 billion in trade and introduced a development bank to reduce dependence on Western financial systems.
- Last week in Tianjin, China hosted the 2025 SCO summit with over 20 leaders including Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin; the event unveiled the SCO Development Bank and China pledged $280 million aid plus 10 billion yuan loans.
- Formed in 2001, the SCO now includes India, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus, covering 60 of Eurasia and nearly 44 percent of the global population, to counter U.S. influence.
- Despite summit optics, China and Russia continue to dominate agenda-setting, while trade between China and SCO members surpassed $500 billion amid ongoing mistrust involving India, Pakistan, and Central Asian states.
- Russia used the summit to blunt isolation and briefed partners on its Special Military Operation, while Iran and Belarus leveraged SCO membership to counter marginalization and Central Asian states sought insurance against great‑power rivalry.
- Yet fundamental questions—about multilateralism and Sino-Russian dominance—remain unresolved as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation must show independence and reassure members their ties with Western capitals remain intact.
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Can Trump re-adjust in the post-Tianjin SCO moment? Was the timing of China ‘throwing down the SCO gauntlet’ entirely fortuitous? - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
The gloves are off. The SCO Summit was a clear demonstration of the reality of power starkly coalescing, on the one hand, and one of power visibly ebbing, on the other. The amazing military parade was the summit counterpart – it spoke loudly: You want to take us on? “We are ready.” China has thrown down the gauntlet with precision timing. (You’d almost think they had planned it that way …). “History is being written – in Russian and Chinese ink,…
Can Trump Re-Adjust in the Post-Tianjin SCO Moment? - LewRockwell
Does Trump even enjoy the leeway from his unseen bonds to seize on nuclear détente as his Nobel Prize story, should he so choose? The gloves are off. The SCO Summit was a clear demonstration of the reality of power starkly coalescing, on the one hand, and one of power visibly ebbing, on the other. The amazing military parade was the summit counterpart – it spoke loudly: You want to take us on? ‘We are ready’. China has thrown down the gauntlet w…
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BizTocCould Trump End Up Triggering The Globalist "Great Reset"?
Could Trump End Up Triggering The Globalist "Great Reset"? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The news feeds were buzzing last week over the recent meeting between Russia, China and India at the Chinese port city of Tianjin. Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi made sure to present a unified front at the event, at least in economic terms, and it’s clear that China and Russia’s military ties are solidifying. The Shanghai Cooperat…
Can Trump re-adjust in the post-Tianjin SCO moment? Was the timing of China 'throwing down the SCO gauntlet' entirely fortuitous?
The gloves are off. The SCO Summit was a clear demonstration of the reality of power starkly coalescing, on the one hand, and one of power visibly ebbing, on the other. The amazing military parade was the summit counterpart - it spoke loudly: You want to take us on? 'We are ready'. China has thrown down the gauntlet with precision timing. (You'd almost think they had planned it that way ...). 'History is being written - in Russian and Chinese in…
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