New Order with Afshin Rattansi
Once a week, Afshin Rattansi's show New Order will trace how India and its BRICS allies sit at the centre of a transformation in world history.Power is moving, alliances are shifting, and the rules of trade, technology, and security are being rewritten.
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BRICS Summit 2026: The West is Declining, But STILL DANGEROUS (Prof. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.) (opens the original)
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On this episode of New Order, we speak to Prof. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., former Vice-President of the New Development Bank and former Executive Director for Brazil at the International Monetary Fund, as leaders gather in New Delhi for the BRICS+ Summit. He discusses why BRICS has become a hot ticket with Russia, Iran and China at loggerheads with the West, why India is moving closer to China after Donald Trump's tariffs, how BRICS plans to link its payment systems as an alternative to the Wes
Africa in the Multipolar World SHOULD & MUST Speak With ONE VOICE (Prof. David Monyae) (opens the original)
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On this episode of New Order, we speak to Prof. David Monyae, Director of the Center for Africa-China Studies and Professor of Political Science at South Africa’s University of Johannesburg. He discusses the need for African unity as the world leaves unipolarity, why Donald Trump has pushed Africa towards emerging powers such as Russia, China, and Brazil, South Africa’s foreign policy objectives as it faces increasing threats from the United States, what to expect as the US’ hegemony continues t
BRICS is a SUPER-COALITION in the Making, America’s Missteps Fuel Its Rise (Sarang Shidore) (opens the original)
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On this episode of New Order, we speak to Sarang Shidore, Director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute. He discusses the US’ 100% tariff threats against India to force an end to Russian oil purchases and how India hasn’t backed down, India’s foreign policy strategy balancing the United States and rising powers such as Russia, why a BRICS common currency is a fantasy and why it isn’t even needed to circumvent the dollar, the moves to build alternatives to SWIFT and speed up de-dol
Trump is Reviving the Monroe Doctrine to KICK China OUT of Latin America —Prof. Marta Fernandez (opens the original)
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On this episode of New Order, we speak to Prof. Marta Fernandez, Former Director of the BRICS Policy Center in Brazil. She discusses Donald Trump’s tariffs on BRICS nations and US interference in Brazil’s elections ahead of the elections, the US’ kidnapping of President Maduro of Venezuela and how much Brazil’s Lula Da Silva is to blame, the US’ targeting of Cuba and Brazil being increasingly surrounded by US client states, the revival of Monroe Doctrine to expel China from Latin America, BRICS’
Between the US & BRICS: The UAE Refuses to be Made to Choose One or The Other (Mohammed Baharoon) (opens the original)
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On this episode of New Order, we speak to Mohammed Baharoon, Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. He discusses why the UAE refuses to choose between the US and BRICS and its approach to navigating the two blocs, the US’ tariff threats and the boomerang effect if will have on the US economy, why the UAE & Saudi Arabia have been buying up US treasuries at the same rate China and India have been selling them, the UAE’s focus on building connectivity between the global south
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