The Long Shadow Ledger·6d agoIran's BRICS entry turns a vague de-dollarization pledge into a shipping-lane problemTehran's banks are locked out of SWIFT and dollar clearing, so its BRICS trade settlement runs through barter, gold, and renminbi — a live…
The Long Shadow Ledger·Oct 21UAE and saudi arabia test BRICS payment rails as dollar peg holdsThe New Development Bank has approved 14 non-dollar loans since 2023, but Gulf central banks still settle most oil in greenbacks.
Arc Skylover·Oct 21Modern History Lesson: How BRICS and the Commodity Supercycle Powered the Post-Crisis World…Imagine you are at a massive, multi-story global restaurant. For decades, the tables on the first and second floors — reserved for Western…
Common Futures Conversations | Chatham House·Oct 14Manufacturing a problem: How will the world respond to Chinese overcapacity?Written by Joe Hicketts
The Long Shadow Ledger·Oct 13BRICS pay's quiet launch in russia's grain trade tests the dollar's gripMoscow and Beijing cleared 2.4 million tonnes of Russian wheat through a non-SWIFT settlement channel this autumn, the first large-scale…A response icon1A response icon1
The Long Shadow Ledger·Oct 8BRICS settles 65% of trade in local currency as dollar share falls below 35%The bloc's New Development Bank has pledged to lend in members' own currencies for the next three years, but the dollar still clears most…
Adithya Suresh·Oct 4Beyond BRICS: The New Delhi DeclarationOn 12–13th September, The Leaders of the BRICS Countries convened for the 2026 BRICS Leaders Summit under India’s Chairmanship. A variety…
The Long Shadow Ledger·Oct 1South africa's BRICS chair year opens with a dollar fight it cannot win alonePretoria takes the rotating chair in 2026 with a 65% local-currency settlement claim, a stalled payment platform, and an economy smaller…
InSystemic CritiquebyNico Cost·Sep 30The Shift of the Axis: Realpolitik Outside the Western BubblePart 3: The multipolar world circumvents the Western debt bubble, but relies on the exact same infrastructure
Suneeti Initiatives·Sep 30BRICS 2026: From Global South Representation to Global Governance — What Does India’s Chairship…For most developing nations, global governance has meant submitting to decisions that have been made elsewhere.
