The US attempts a 'divide and conquer' strategy against BRICS by undermining the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) from the inside.
Something extraordinary, at least on the surface, happened on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore earlier this month - a somewhat pompous affair self-described as “Asia’s premier defense summit”.
Intel heads of 24 nations met in de facto semi-secrecy, because in the end the event was duly leaked (Western spin qualified it as an “informal” meeting).
Among the 24, the real deal comprised the US and all the other Five Eyes, plus representatives of two BRICS members, China and India. All the others were not identified with certainty or preferred to remain anonymous - presumably due to their “hanger on” status.
Crucially, key BRICS member Russia was not represented.
Reuters swore the information about the not-so-secret gathering came from five different - unnamed – sources. A Southeast Asian diplomat indepe...