Putin, Xi to attend virtual summit hosted by India's Modi

good.

this is how "isolated" Russia without friends looks like.

taiwan you are late.

An international arrest warrant for Putin. Afraid to leave his country.

In the meantime China has occupied 2000 square kms of territory which India used to patrol earlier.

If Indians have the least bit of self respect they should kick Modi out next year and bring someone willing to show some spine to China.

Belarus will sign a memorandum of obligations which will lead to its membership later.

One wonders what those obligations actually are?

gary

The Bad, the Bad and the Ugly.

Everybody is tired of USA hegemony over the planet. Good to see multipolar world shaping up.

Zaphod

Correct.American century is over.

Eastman

Zaphod

Correct.American century is over.

Nope. That's a looong way off...

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday will hold an online summit hosted by India seeking to expand the influence of the Eurasian group by including Iran and opening a path to membership for Belarus.

Not sure what India gains from being associated with the axis of evil. Apart from cheap oil, perhaps.

Good to see multipolar world shaping up.

Funny, we’ve seen a multipolar world before.

led straight to the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

you have interesting preferences, Zaphod.

The Three Amigos. It's likely not so bad @EvilBuddha. Don't believe everything Palki is saying.

If you want to argue for a Waltzian bi-polar system, that’s one thing.

Multi-polarism has an exceptionally bad record.

3 cheers for major power war.

which is where multi-polarism has led every single time it’s existed in the international system.

EastmanToday 12:46 pm JST

good.

this is how "isolated" Russia without friends looks like.

This but unironically. Imagine having these countries as your "friends".

taiwan you are late.

and taiwan went buy obento as 12 hrs of trolling makes tired even him...

I'm still here for you.

Correct.American century is over.

Going to be tough for that to happen with Stock Market Up. Dollar Strong. Troops safe.

ZaphodToday 01:07 pm JST

Everybody is tired of USA hegemony over the planet. Good to see multipolar world shaping up.

The only other pole is China. If that is really who you want to look up to, I guess there is no accounting for taste.

Perhaps Zaphod could be so kind as to inform us what the state of nature was in Europe post Treaty of Westphalia.

pretty easy answer. No major power war was the exception rather than the rule.

but hey, at least nations got to be nations.

you have interesting preferences

guys on photo represents some 2.987.559.786+people...

no one country in the world can simply ignore their power combined.

EastmanToday 01:36 pm JST

guys on photo represents some 2.987.559.786+people...

no one country in the world can simply ignore their power combined.

No one point of view represents their power combined (wave).

The summit takes place barely two weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden for a state visit, and the two countries called themselves "among the closest partners in the world".

That's a long time ago, Biden probably forgot all about it right after it was uttered

Not sure what India gains from being associated with the axis of evil.

It's not as simple as that.

India's membership in the SCO ensures that SCO will never be able to accomplish much.

Previously India has toned down the anti-West messaging that Russia and China have wanted to deliver after SCO summits.

Russia itself brought India into SCO because it was not willing to become a vassal state of China as far as dealing with the 'stans' of Central Asia was concerned.

guys on photo enslave some 2.987.559.786+people... and they don’t want to stop there. Wars were fought to prevent guys like this from wielding that much power.

Is that a picture of the major leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization...

Or three of Trump's favorite "geniuses", BFFs, and business partners...

Correct.American century is over.

The the American-led democracy millennium has just begun.

Sorry Fascists (and their fan bois). Your time on the world stage draws toward its dubious end.

The midget on the left has a warrant on his head if he leaves his country. And if he WERE to do so, it's unlikely his military would let him back in.

The guy on the right is in search of allies ever since his wolf-warrior diplomacy turned into Panda-puss platitudes (oh, and since he backed the loser on the left).

The guy in the middle is a flaw (to put it VERY mildly) character but seems to be useful to all (including the US).

Leaders of two of the biggest polluters and Russia dumping nuclear waste into the oceans.

Would emphatically recommend that our Western down with the West anti-imperialist Imperialism apologists spend a bit more time studying history.

as unstable as things are now, it really can be worse.

western neo-nationalists do not understand of the consequences of their ideology.

I say Western because I don’t claim the right to speak for those in China, Russia, India and the global south.

Western anti-imperialist imperialism apologists had best be careful what they wish for. You think you’re edgy and anti-establishment. The international organizations/regimes you denigrate were designed by people far more wise than you for the purpose of avoiding the devastation of major power war.

be careful what you wish for.

To put it another way, if the US goes isolationist, as some cheer, who is going to fill that power vacuum? Because rest assured, that power vacuum will be filled.

you might well find you don’t like the result.

The Chinese leader should tell Mr.Modi in the virtual summit that India should get along with neighbour country Pakistan. China is very concerning the situation of Kashmir. Any attempts to change the "Line of Control" will met with China's response. And China is keen to provide weapons and ammunitions to Pakistan military to maintain a military balance. China will hand in 4 diesel electric submarines to Pakistan Navy, China hopes India will not using a pretext to escalate any an arms race in the region !

I would trust Modi about as far as I could throw him. As dangerous a man as Xi or Putin.

hey thats the guy that Biden was hugging last month in the USA.

Why is he hosting an event with 2 of our biggest adversaries?

So what’s your suggestion, Blacklabel? Tell Modi to join up with Xi and Putin?

like it or not, India is in it for India. They are the modern day offshore balancer.

And they know it. You play the game or lose them to the other side. The US, Russia and China all understand this.

stop the sophomoric nonsense.

So what’s your suggestion, Blacklabel?

stop hugging the person who is emboldening our enemies.

good place to start.

BlacklabelToday 04:27 pm JST

So what’s your suggestion, Blacklabel?

stop hugging the person who is emboldening our enemies.

good place to start.

But you hug Trump with no questioning.

Didnt they make such a big deal out of NOT shaking the hand of MbS in Saudi?

Fist bump only, fist bump only. Joe! fist bump only! remember!

But then Biden was awkwardly hugging Modi and treating him like an old pal.

He even got to speak to the US Congress did he not?

Now 2 weeks later hes Chillin with Pootie and Pooh, our mortal enemies.

@Blacklabel Politics certainly makes strange bedfellow.

If it is online, is "attend" the right word or expression?

Our enemies?

you’ve given no reason to believe you consider Putin your enemy. Xi sure, I’ll give you that.

your response is sophomoric. The US needs India. As do China and Russia. And India is going to milk being needed for every last drop they can. You don’t have to like it, but that is reality.

If it is online, is "attend" the right word or expression?

Yes, thus the button on MS Teams when you set one up says "invite attendees"

A fantastic opportunity for many countries to join a growing, dynamic, cooperative, non-bullying or coercive bloc that solves real problems in a practical way and doesn't suffer from the ingrained neo-colonial, garden-jungle mentality that plagues other organizations that treat entire countries, peoples and continents as second-class citizens.

JJEToday 04:40 pm JST

A fantastic opportunity for many countries to join a growing, dynamic, cooperative, non-bullying or coercive bloc that solves real problems in a practical way and doesn't suffer from the ingrained neo-colonial, garden-jungle mentality that plagues other organizations that treat entire countries, peoples and continents as second-class citizens.

That's great! Please tell me when such a bloc exists.

BlacklabelToday 04:30 pm JST

Didnt they make such a big deal out of NOT shaking the hand of MbS in Saudi?

Fist bump only, fist bump only. Joe! fist bump only! remember!

But then Biden was awkwardly hugging Modi and treating him like an old pal.

He even got to speak to the US Congress did he not?

Now 2 weeks later hes Chillin with Pootie and Pooh, our mortal enemies.

If you were paying attention we all said India will be India and should have gotten a respectful but not state visit.

A fantastic opportunity for many countries to join a growing, dynamic, cooperative, non-bullying or coercive bloc that solves real problems in a practical way and doesn't suffer from the ingrained neo-colonial, garden-jungle mentality that plagues other organizations that treat entire countries, peoples and continents as second-class citizens.

Non bullying??? What the hell do you consider the 9 dash dotted line?

your response is sophomoric. The US needs India

yeah you mentioned that already as your opinion.

You dont need to publicly hug the guy and let him speak to Congress just because you need India.

We need Saudi too, dont we? dont we need China too, in reality?

fist bumpin' was the order of the day there from the handlers.

Huge error as 2 weeks later the hugger is chillin with our enemies (Yes Putin is an enemy of the USA. without a doubt, always has been- except for the embarrassing Clinton reset clock pandering during Obama time).

Biden got played. again.

I might miss an SCS country here but will give it a try…

Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea(?)

all those countries territorial waters end at the visual horizon according to China?

non-bullying?

To refresh, the SOC is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defence organization. It is the world's largest regional organization in terms of geographic scope and population, covering approximately 60% of the area of Eurasia, 40% of the world population. Its combined GDP is around 20% of global GDP.

Sounds like it exists to me.