{"podcast":{"title":"Geopolitical Economy Report","slug":"geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","podcast_index_feed_id":5434689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:321045635/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-thxDIECcbNVGOXjL-MoyHWw-original.jpg","author":"Ben Norton","episode_count":500,"summary":"Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent new…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T08:17:26.449619+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689"},"episode":{"title":"BRICS grows stronger: US threats unify China, India, Russia, as they challenge dollar system","slug":"brics-grows-stronger-us-threats-unify-china-india-russia-as-they-challenge-dollar-system","published_at":"2026-09-13T13:00:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/brics-grows-stronger-us-threats-unify-china-india-russia-as-they-challenge-dollar-system","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","url":"https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/brics-summit-india-china-russia-dollar","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2399576064-geopoliticaleconomy-brics-summit-india-china-russia-dollar.mp3","summary":"Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, where leaders discussed plans to challenge the US dollar system, by connecting new payment systems using local currencies. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQmxuMB2xw Topics 0:00 Rise of BRICS 1:04 BRICS summit in New Delhi 2:52 China and India improve relations 5:10 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 7:28 BRICS challenges US dollar system 9:32 Local currency payment systems 14:13 Debates about replacing US dollar 16:19 Central banks stockpile gold 17:43 Gold overtakes US Treasuries in reserves 18:40 Trump threatens BRICS 19:10 Trump's aggression against India 20:29 US strategy to recruit India against China 23:28 Modi, BJP, and Congress 25:41 US attacks on BRICS backfire 27:18 India-Russia relations 29:40 BRICS+: 10 members and 10 partners 30:28 BRICS: 56% of world population 30:51 BRICS: 44% of global GDP 31:56 BRICS overtakes G7 in economy 33:21 Indonesia's PM Prabowo 33:55 Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed 34:35 Vietnam participates in BRICS summit 35:52 Malaysia's PM Anwar supports Iran 37:20 India balances between Iran and Israel 38:27 Internal conflict: UAE attacks Iran 39:43 BRICS agrees to joint statement 40:46 Reform of UN Security Council 42:32 US unilateralism strengthens BRICS 43:12 Outro","meta_description":"Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2602,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/brics-grows-stronger-us-threats-unify-china-india-russia-as-they-challenge-dollar-system/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/brics-grows-stronger-us-threats-unify-china-india-russia-as-they-challenge-dollar-system.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}