the me the hello, i'm manila chad. you are tuned into modus operandi old enemies, new friends. that's the theme of today's show after china emerges as the new piece broker in the east announcing a restoration of ties between rivals, saudi arabia, in iran. so where does that leave us on the world stage? and what does that mean for the rest of the world? you know, more commonly referred to as the global south. we'll discuss it next. all right, let's get into the ammo. ah, it was a $12.00 punch to us foreign policy after beijing drops a bombshell. saudi arabia and iran are normalizing relations after nearly

a decade of fractured ties. the 2 listless states have been at odds officially since 2016 when both governments shuddered their respective embassies after iranian protestors stormed the saudi embassy. so we've seen this dispute play out in various theaters like in occupied palestinian territories, yemen, syria, and smatterings and clashes over the years. but was this beef really against one another? or because of us meddling in the region, enter the dragon like the film that put bruce lee on the pop culture map. china seemed to emerge out of nowhere with this broker de taunt, putting them at the forefront of peace, just weeks after putting forth a peace plan for russia and ukraine. so with uncle sam asleep at the wheel, it appears the dragon has awoke. ah,

joining us to discuss is angelo juliano. he is a financial and political analyst writer and has been living and working in china for nearly 30 years. thanks for being with us, angelo. so in what seemed to be something that arose out of the blue beijing announced it had brokered bilateral restoration of ties between iran and saudi arabia. back in march, it was confirmed that each respective country would re open embassies and normalize relations as a p. firstly, on this matter, was it out of the blue. i mean, this news seemed to catch washington off guard or even by surprise, how long do you think bathing had been working on this process? it is not surprising. we saw what happened in the last few days. ashley, saudi arabia announced that he would, he was applying to a c o. o. so basically it is already around which is part of the s e o. in order

to, to and to introduce your saudi arabia had to somehow make peace with the saudi arabia . so i think this is a, you know, dos negotiation. they take a long time to, to be to happen. and i think this, sir, this is a, the result of an effort or for decades of work that the china has done over the region. how china dos when it comes to establishing relationship. it is about building infrastructure. it's about trading. it's not about imposing an order or inter for into doing interference in those countries. so i think this piece agreement between saudi arabia in iran is basically the result of a long efforts of china. that nice to have to still countries to be in good

terms because they are part of the best in on initiative. and there are lots of project related to infrastructure in the region. so they need, they need to have those, those 2 countries to get together. and, and work together because ultimately what china wants to do in the region is to build stability. so be it is going to be a win win for everybody. you build infrastructure p a country start trading in. and when you do business business, promote peace and well being rather than than what we saw in the middle east over the next last decades of confrontation and investor. if you look at what the us did in the region is a divide and conquer. basically dividing countries between issues, religion, sunni's against g us china is about is it's much, much more rational. it, china is an approach over this in short, short on st. e. meaning,

look for what you like us and set aside the differences in that's the approach that china has used when you come to saudi arabia in iran, it's focused on what you like us, how can we work together? and of course we have products, but we'll solve those problems slowly as we start building a relationship. anyway, why, why was washington surprised? were they not paying attention? and u. s. secretary of state, anthony blink, and tried to downplay china's role in all of their saying that beijing only facilitated the meeting and didn't really have a real part in brokering the relations. i think it is probably one of the reason is that washington is a bit outside of the realities and there's a lot of dispersion when it comes to foreign policies. i think it's a saw you mediation. if you think about the middle east, the middle east has always been for the us. you know, there playground, you know, it was a, you know, they,

they were the apply the mom when duck shall they fall from the west. they want the thought that middle east was their thirst and it is a kind of humiliation here you have finally, adults in the room, you know, there was, there were kids like the u. s. like acted like kids, you know, creating chaos in the middle east. now you have the adult coming in a china and say what, what, how can we work together in all those was endless was, is not working. is actually you being used, you're being used under this divided in conquest strategy. and it's a kind of humiliation for the us because, and this is, this is a reason they want to don't really what china did. and this is actually, this is an advanced indicator of what chinese actually doing. you see a lot of the cartridge belonging to the color to the global salt, the actually starting to talk to each other, working together in aligning behind this project of

a bricks allying. and so behind this huge project unique project of, of infrastructure which is the best and world initiative, i think we should, we should really focus when he comes to geopolitics in general. it is about not looking at worse, but look at actions chinese much too into words. it's not into perception. it's about building a tangible results because you can say whatever you want, you know, but chinese of a, don't you urge, you know, i want tangible stuff. you know, are we going to do trade or not? are we going to build infrastructure? you know, are we going to be the new currency? that's what china is doing. it's not about perception. do you think this is merely day time? i mean, is that a 1st step or do you think the beijing deal has any real staying power? i think this is for the long term, and definitely, i think especially because saudi arabia is actually applied is actually signed

a m o u, a memorandum of understanding to enter into the su. so you will have countries like that, you know, so you're a jar and iran in the same organization. and i think it's very interesting what the china has achieved to see. so this is not in reality, the not the 1st time the china united to countries. because, you know, you, you know, china is as done as for her personal, some heart, you have a pakistan in india under the same organization of su. so they did it already. so you start slowly, slowly bit by bit. they managed to have, at least you make pakistan and india with shock, long time enemies to sit under the same roof, you know, on the same table. and those are achievements already that china has done in the, in the past. iran is a she, a muslim country. the saudis are considered sunni,

or were hobby muslim. we've seen sectarian fighting between the 2 play out in theaters like yemen. respective embassies had been closed since 2016. if this bilateral relationship sticks. what does this mean for the broader middle east or how about israel given that bebe netanyahu's government is in a very fragile state right now when he comes to his? well, i think we need to be. the question is, well, is there is well, and i like of the us, or is it a hostage? i think we need to be really care for you just not to see sort too close to the us, i think is where it is actually having a more pragmatic approach. and we've seen a she wrapper small of is well with other rep countries in the middle east because the sheet that the presence of the us, you know, the u. s. might not be there in the long term. we've seen the u. s. escaping. i've

gotten this done, they see the u. s. not being stable ally, so they need to, to hedge their bets. and somehow i think there's a, there's a whole that slowly we might have actually some, some kind of piece in and maybe with this high push more may be a long term solution of the listing in the issue coming up next bricks has been talking about expansion for many months now, so saudi arabia, normalizing relations with iran. will this basically secure the addition of the dual into the new economic block? we'll discuss it when we return with angelo giuliano, the type the m. o will be right back. i oh,

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ah, welcome back to the m o i'm manila chad. bricks, b s. c o c s t o. all these acronyms of powerful allied nations, anchored by china and russia. now that beijing has announced revived bilateral ties between iran and saudi arabia. are these blocks about to grow? back with us to continue the conversation is angela juliano. he's

a finance and political analyst with expertise in china. so angel china announcing this deal came on the heels of beijing delivering something of a piece plan for ukraine and russia. these were back to back close to u. s. foreign policies unilateral had gemini on top of all of that. this happens as she's in ping accepts his 3rd go as president. do all these things add up to be what positions china as the 21st century leader has the global pecking order begun to shift? absolutely, de, she's assigned that we finally have what i call a call adult in a room. i don't why. why do i told them about chinese not emotional the way that the chinese leaders, a poor geopolitics. they are not lucky in terms of working for the next election cycles. they are working for the next generations. a china is a long term view. it's not about when the china does alliances,

which actually china doesn't like lines. you know, they like partnerships. but those are long term partnerships. it is not like the u . s. has done all along tweet history. i give you an example of what the u. s. the to jerky nor the us was behind the, the, the call in turkey in 2016. this is not the way that you should treat you allies, do you what is behind the sabotage of no stream, which is that which is going to damage germans economy and ultimately which, which will lead to the dean, this revision of germany. what this is not how you treat your allies. so you, this is holly with allies in ens, is somehow it's of the, of the trends. you know, it's about training. it's not about cope, ration. a trend is a very different approach. it's about how we can work together, you know,

and find stability, harmony. and it is very interesting when you look at just country whole chinese, the operates when you live in china, like like i've done the last, almost 3 decades. i see cost a p, a society which is working towards harmony and stability. when i look at the approach, especially in the u. s. and so in europe to is because of democracy, i mean, so called democracy, which, i mean, it is only by what it's, it's not really tv, it's not, it's a, it's a system of divided in control. gives you usually, of the free choice to the people. and it is extremely emotional, it is marketing they. they have done the same as they door with product. they don't you politicians as a petition, i'm going to tell you what you want to hear. once i'm elected, i will do whatever i want. i will bait you who live a funds to be not to who lex me. so you see the country extreme,

a different approach. one which is very rational. china has a long history. it's solid in terms of values, you know, human being values, family and so on. and then you have the other side, the collective west, and especially the us way divided in controlling people over issues which are not important identity issues, sexuality, you know, left and right and so on. and if the vide society, any chris chaos, but by doing this kills, that's how you control society. and you gave us a choice, an illusion of choice to people that somehow the head, if we chose, did don't, because you put them in front of them people, they were pre selected, but they don't, they're not going to work for them. but they are going to work for the global belief. so bricks, brazil, russia, india, china, south africa. this economic block is already quite formidable against the g 7.

prior to this news, it was said that iran and saudi both were interested in joining to form bricks plus, now that they taught has been achieved, how likely is it that the pair will join? and what will this do in terms of a real economic power? i think long term, it's very highly likely we see a lot of interest or if we, if the months you have blue countries are just showing the interest in joining bricks. i think when you look at breaks, the long term game here is about the d dollarization of the was economy. because and this i, she will leave a currency in, in somehow you have a country like the use to buy it step. so it's a ponzi scheme that is not meant to be we would have to use us dollar sell and somehow change again in staying in. it's not a debt,

which is me deficit. then the punch is kim for support in the u. s. homes because it's a ponzi scheme, no breaks the book, tangible goods you know, commodities, gold, especially the sessions that can be used because the bowler has been trans and somehow all those the sanctions to work recession of us dollars. another group that's also expanding is the shanghai cultural security group, as well as an economic one. we honors with the fcl, stopping just short, a full membership right now is our strengthening ties, while washington is attacking who's an attitude, especially when you look at how the managing with better there's a, there's so many users there's, there's 150 millions you want to, to to bypass, you need to use a v p n u s s r isolating itself actually we see more and more that don't you, they, they are not issuing a negative west all along this many examples that use you too many sanctions on too

many countries in then you, you term commitments with you because you can stable you my friends. if a friends are like this, why ever enemies the west? i think it's especially interesting to hear the perspective, what is the end game here? how do you see this all playing out? the usaa gemini, and so it's control over use one of the was population probably around 15 percent is going to be actually when you look at port, you're pretty of the rest of the world. so it, this is going to impact, you know, once you, you not, i, she came to the us dollar, then you che, it's about her how we can do this transition. there's a teen times, i think, where you had this shift where you had the, you know, the cut up in a war. so the big question now is to transition peacefully. but here is a huge difference nuclear power countries. so are they going to be

rational enough? ultimately, you know, they are not alone. and again, maybe just sit down like a dos, whoever does all over project of harmony of peace in, in or he, it's about building a world more democratic either in rush hour china, the u. s. i'm talking about average joe nut. how can i bring indication to my kids? how can i have, how much we can achieve, you know, ultimately it's about really having those geopolitical games or the 1st victim, no power. you know, it's because democracy means democrat or he won't use, give back power to your own people after. so we need to start from all home and then expend in, at the collective west was one. what's us to go to? all right, so as you can see under the biden administration, as in the us talking about war with china and 2025 eng to tame the dragon

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