Geopolitical Economy Report
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton
Asia is uniting, creating a new post-West global order
31 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2025 at 12:03 pm.
Weakening US dominance
Industrial production
China is world's largest economy
Decline of Western hegemony
Rise of Global South
Global South is Global Majority
Trump is accelerating US decline
BRICS expansion
ASEAN-GCC-China Summit
ASEAN
Southeast Asia's population
Southeast Asia's economy
GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)
ASEAN-GCC-China Summit joint statement
ASEAN's trade with China
RCEP
Palestine
Opposition to Trump's tariffs
De-dollarization
Petroyuan challenges petrodollar
Infrastructure
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
New Silk Road
Railroads linking China to SE Asia
Energy
China: world leader in renewable energy
China's solar power capacity
China's affordable green energy tech
Nuclear power
Other issues discussed
Multipolarity
The ASEAN Way
Cautious optimism
Global South-led alternatives
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Everywhere you look, you can see the decline of Western hegemony, as the world is increasingly multipolar. Ben Norton analyzes the rise of China, development of Global South economies, and increasing unity in Asia. A symbol of this was the historic ASEAN-GCC-China Summit held in Malaysia, which supplements BRICS in pursuit of dedollarization, South-South economic integration, and infrastructure construction.
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