Well, for all the non Indians who are reading this, we Indians wear gold as jewellery and buy gold on occasions and gift it also . Its in our culture. So, we do hold a lot of gold
Gold in private hands/ families won’t equate much to the national interests unless the government forcibly takes the gold from these private owners. And Indians are known to hide the gold away so the government doesn’t get their corrupt hands on it. Of course any sane person won’t willingly give it up to a corrupt government official. So the summary is, the gold in private hands (or in corrupt govt officials’ hands) won’t help the Indian government led economy, right?
Ankit Shah should have show his Golden Ring and say Now imagine 1.5 Billion people have atleast One Gold Ring for Men, One Gold Chain for Women if not More. When Pepe Escobar asked where's that Gold ? by private holdings of Indians.
Going forward Mr.Shah should start with explaining how Geo-politics is subservient to Geo-economics. How does one have a good analysis when the basics itself are wrong. 🤔
Yes, agreed 100%. For the USA/collective West, it has *always* been about the control of vital nodes and links, so that the control of the entire world was in their own hands. The essence was to turn the entire world into a "giant vacuum cleaner" which would suck the wealth off the rest of the world, in one direction: upwards, to themselves. The basis of their power for the last 500 years. Note, they used the divide-and-rule technique to destroy and subvert China and India during the era of Western Imperialism. They WILL try again.
@@RojaJaneman Lol what? He's saying the whole muslim world is going to convert to Christianity and Judaism. You're delulu if you think Ankit Shah isn't a hack.
My personal opinion is if you have ties or influence with the US then you don’t belong here with BRICS..I totally agree with Escobar take on Lulu and also find is very disrespectful the Lulu didn’t show up. If you want this to work you don’t divide like you did Lulu with Maduro! You hurt Venezuela People #GoVenezuela 🇻🇪 ✨🇷🇺
Indian govt has influence of whoom are u suggesting here??😅😅😅..today's Indian govt listens no one literally...if u see US news from glasses of Indian they are trying to screw with Indian govt coz Indian govt does not budge to US hegemony and this frustrates US diplomats n govt... but for this u need to see US news on India directly
personal opinion can be wrong, geo economics doesn't consider personal opinions they follow money, in indias case we are the biggest consumer base so you like it or not US companies wants ties with india not the other way around
I have never followed Ankit Shah. I followed Pepe Escobar for years. He is one of the best geopolitical analysts today. He is well known to western audiences. Pepe is actually the brilliant one.
we Indians(people of India) have huge amount of gold. We buy gold regularly, it is cultural. One rough estimate is 20,000-25000 tons of gold , ie about one-fourth of total gold in the world is held by Indian citizens.
@@michealanderson2282 also add that much of the gold is supposed to be with the temples which are under government control. Reports of record amount gold stealing from temples in recent years along with increase control of temples by BJP government. Where do they sell the temple gold??
Question of the Day: 🌍 With so many shifting dynamics in global power-from the potential for a 'New Crusader Era' in Europe to India's vision as a bridge between East and West-what role do you think emerging economies like India or alliances like #BRICS will play in shaping a more balanced world order? Do you believe traditional Western powers can adapt, or are we witnessing the start of a new multipolar world? Share your thoughts below! 👇 #Geopolitics #GlobalPowerShift #India2047 #BRICSAlliance #MultipolarWorld #WestAsia #NewWorldOrder #USInfluence #DeDollarization #GeopoliticalDebate #EmergingEconomies #FutureOfEurope #MiddleEastDynamics
There was no reserve currency 500-600 years apart from its form in gold. Nobody wants to be dictated by yet another rectangular table. You already saw the round table in Kazan but nobody talks about this.
As for India being the bridge, that has shown itself very obviously since the start of Russia’s SMO, by reselling Russian oil and gas to western countries while making a handsome profit. This in itself is akin to modern USA business model, make tons of money by inserting itself between two parties. While the profit is amazing for not much input needed, it does not paint India in a good light, it makes India look like a vulture that doesn’t have any integrity and will not earn trust from its most important partners (if there is indeed important partners). Trust is a very important commodity, as Putin has pointed out, the USA has betrayed Russian’s trust many times in the last few decades. India should be wary of this, this is a weak chain link that the western barbarians will use to their advantage
It's not Pepe Escobar specifically. It's brazilian culture. We are known to do that naturally. There is a video called "Brazilians don’t say NO (NÃO) | Brazilian Portuguese" from "Speaking Brazilian Language School" channel. The Channel explains our culture better.
I would really have liked to know Pepe's views on the BRICS Presidency of Brazil next year. Does he think that under Lula's Slippin' n Slidin' diplomacy, there are chances of the BRICS being compromised from within? Now that Trump is president, the whole situation changes. Or does it?
Absolutely changes for the worst with Trump back.. Look what he did to Venezuela 🇻🇪.. BRICS needs to rethink Brazils part in this especially what Lulu did to Venezuela.. You hurt Venezuela 🇻🇪 bottom line ..
Well. In fact he doesn’t like to speak about it for some reason I don’t understand. To commencement of any conversation reducing or minimizing a country which is the biggest country of South America eighty biggest economy in the world and one of the founders of BRICS is by definition a basic mistake. Brazil and India are two countries with similarities in terms of independence of their agenda, Brazil will not join to Route of Silk just because everybody is going to, it has to be in benefit of Brazil otherwise no. Another point is de-dolarization that is something he doesn’t mention in respect of Lula who actually started this move founding NDB during his presidency making an option for developing countries getting rid of IMF, creating the basis of everything is happening now. Lula actually started to trade in local currency in 2004 in Mercosul. Let see next year what is going to happen in Brazil.
@@RuruBasuMallik He mentioned in a discussion with Danny Haiphong and in a podcast with Scott Ritter that part of the reason there was so much done this year during Russia's presidency is that Brazil is more worried about the G20 meeting they're hosting and COP25. Thinks it's ridiculous that next year's BRICS+ summit will be held in June instead of later in the year to gather more data about the launch BRICS Bridge. He also said the stain on this years conference was Brazil vetoing Venezuela as a partner nation, and said that because there are a lot of pro-wall street Atlanticists in Sao Paolo that Lula is skirting on very thin ice with Washington. He did mention that the other nations should consider rotating the presidency to another founding member for all these reasons
Again you need a good editor. The discussion was quite great but the segment needs more questioning!! Ankit Shah All time Fav - thankyou for this discussion makes sure to pitch Dr. Shah with other economists as well
We get your point on wanting more questions, totally valid! Keep in mind, though, this was a quick talk in the middle of the BRICS summit, so time was tight. Plus, editing resources are always a balancing act. We’re thrilled Ankit Shah could join, and Escobar’s insights were invaluable. Definitely planning more talks like this, and we’ll look into bringing in other economists. Thanks for the feedback; we’re always working to improve!
A really interesting discussion by both parties, both having their unique insights from their lived experiences. One criticism is the fake applause to make it seem the room is filled with people…when in one segment, the camera pans around to show an absolutely empty room. Would be a much better video with better editing, or not having fake applause in the first instance.
The USA appears to still treat the Spanish Empire that they acquired in a Hostile Takeover in 1898, as if they were US colonies. The Philippians have been exploited blatantly as a Naval Base, and their low cost Labor seems to have provided some useful resources. Now they seem to be a Missile Base. But South America and Mexico seem to all be acting as if they noticed the economic demise of the USA. Escobar was simply being polite about US relations with South America.
If Pepe doesn't even know the undisputed fact that Indian housewives have 15% of all the gold in the world, he shouldn't be commenting on BRICS and geopolitics
@ThinkBRICS Gold worth $1trillion lies in Shri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple alone in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala. I can't even ask you to stay "updated", because this isn't something that happened recently. This is ancient truth
It's natural to feel passionate about unique cultural facts, but let's keep perspective. Private gold holdings in India aren't commonly known or widely verified in global discussions; most sources on this are from Indian publications. Pepe Escobar is well-informed, but he’s human and can’t know every detail, especially niche ones. So let's ease up; everyone’s here to learn, and geopolitics is a vast field with many layers beyond just gold.
@@chandlerhbk08 Escobar doesn’t actually label himself a ‘BRICS expert’, he offers broader insights into global dynamics. While gold holdings are interesting, they’re just one aspect of India’s complex role in BRICS. No analyst can know every detail, and it doesn’t lessen the value of his perspectives. Let’s focus on the bigger picture he’s discussing!
Escobar must learn simple math, every Hindu Indian no matter how poor has atleast 10gm of gold( a chain or a ring), multiply that with 1.3 billion, adds upto 13,000 tons of gold. This is a very very conservative estimate. Actual numbers will be 10 times that number.
Indian government should make an inventory of temple gold and personal gold through production and sales. You cannot use 1b people for the calculation because many are children and some are too poor to own gold. Plus is that 24 carat pure gold?
Pepe as always a true geopolitical analyst with a sound approach of objectivity even when discussing his own country of origin. First time listening to Dr Shah, I think his views are nationalistic, I will look him up to consider his other discussions and decide if he is the real McCoy!
At 27:00 Pepe is wrong. Not ONLY the current war was because the USA convinced Europeans to destroy each other. Most of our history is too narrow, and can only serve as data to figure out the big picture. After around 1900, Europe lost its top tier position as global leaders because their leaders could not find a suitable balance of power between the states, which was equally acceptable for all. Note that with Versailles and many other bad choices, ALL Europeans lost. WW1 and WW2 was one struggle which roots go back a 1,000 years: the battle for continental supremacy and a balance of power between France and The Holy Roman Empire, with Russia off to one side of that, and Great Britain off to the other. This is how the quote "peace for 20 years" (Foch) should be interpreted. WW1 and WW2 was simply another "30 years war" with the difference being that the naval powers (GB and the USA) stepped in and supported France as the "favored nation" as a proactive divide-and-rule strategy of intended global control and domination (see footnote). In the end ALL Europeans lost and became subjected to the American Century, whose post-WW2 Truman Doctrine was simply more divide-and-rule, to drive a rift between Europeans. After the Cold War this "rift" was simply "ruled" to be further east, and the desirable status quo of "Europeans set up against each other per outside ruling" was moved a few hundred miles eastwards. The new "Iron Curtain" will soon be declared, under some or other fancy term, to divide the eternal "good guys" and the new "bad guys"... Read Mackinder (1904), which found its logical continuation with the post-WW2 Truman Doctrine, and Churchill's Iron Curtain. ------------- Footnote: My sincere thanks to a fellow youtuber (@realvipul) who thought my one of essays explaining the divide-and-rule/conquer strategy of power was "TLDR" or too complicated and therefore ran it through AI... "The comment discusses the concept of "divide and rule" as a strategy employed by powerful entities to maintain control. It argues that human systems are inherently chaotic due to the complexity of human nature, making them susceptible to manipulation through division. The example of the Roman Empire's conquest of Britain around the year "0" is used to illustrate how this strategy works, emphasizing that the motivations of individual collaborators are less important than the overall effect of division in enabling the empire's dominance. The comment then extends this analysis to the American Century, suggesting that the same strategy was used to exert influence over Europe. It highlights that the goal is to create maximum division among opposing groups while maintaining unity within the ruling power. The comment criticizes the media and political leaders for perpetuating a cycle of lies and wars, often under the guise of opposing territorial expansion while simultaneously promoting systemic expansion. In essence, the comment argues that the "divide and rule" strategy is a fundamental tactic employed by powerful entities to maintain control, and that understanding this strategy is crucial for comprehending historical events and current geopolitical dynamics." It's divide-and-rule/conquer. Europeans once grew into North America using this technique, morphed into "USA" and then gained North American hegemony using this technique, morphed into the American Century and gained global hegemony using this technique, and are now using the divide-and-rule technique as desperate attempt to hang on to global hegemony...
I hope Mr. Escobar learnt a few things today especially about young emerging Bhartiyas with Sanatani foundations. 😂 We are not left or right we are Dharma based people. I surely learnt a few things from him. Thank you all three and especially the channel as not many non Indians get to hear and know what Indians think about the various issues.
I enjoyed listening to Pepe Escobar, he is vastly internationally knowledgeable and a true geopolitical analyst expert. I find the Ankit Shah quite boastful about India..
@comisari38 another western colonial mundset arrogant puppet, they think that they are right whatever they say. The world was revolving around you for the last 70 years but now it's time for change
Hi Anastasia how are you, I have a question can you maybe ask Pepe Escobar if he wants to get into geopolitical trands with Dr Oualaalou I think that will be an interesting one, thanks in advance bye
Pepe seems to hold a deepseated hatred of Hindus, bharat and Sanatan dharma. In every single interview he always finds a way to put us down, even when contrary to the facts & evidence.
Been following both of these two separately, so nice novelty to see them together. Would go better if Pepe drops his ego and opens his mind, but perhaps he'd dissolve if he did that
Real Dhan ( Wealth ) according to Hinduism is 1. Gold . 2. Pasu dhan ( Cattles ) 3. Santaan ( Population or kids ) 4 . Food or grains . AND till today It stands true .
Ankit Shah should have show his Golden Ring and say " Now imagine 1.5 Billion people have atleast One Gold Ring for Men, One Gold Chain for Women if not More " . When Pepe Escobar asked " where's that Gold ? " by private holdings of Indians.
very informative and unbiased without any interruption so involved in feel Time flies like an Arrow 🙂just adding to Ankit's prediction Pok will merge by April 2025 same formula will used as foundation for merge Punjab of both side India and Pakistan due to culture and prosperity but that will happen by 2029. reason pak Punjabis will be more interested to merge in India Punjab once they get punches from Bloch and KPK side.
@@ranar1036 only time will tell. 3 decades ago nobody cud have predicted that China's economy will be bigger than US's. Still here we are. Also, people like u forgets or maybe don't know that till 17th century India was the richest country in the world.
Thank You Anastasia, for an interesting discussion. The effect of the USA buying influence, has already been impaled on some Fiat Currency, that seemed like a last resort effort by Nixon, to confront the 1960's spending that challenged the US Currency supplies. The Vietnam Conflict was not paid for with Fiat Money until mid 1980's, and the Ukraine Conflict now presents a similar problem the the that economic shift of responsibility to debt, that Moslem's challenged thousands of years ago, once again presents to another US Administration? The concept of added Debt that carries the burden of compound interest, that notices the USA distribute T-Notes to willing buyers to support the Fiat Currency, now seems severely challenged? So where have all the Buyers gone? The Saudi Investors who apparently danced around the Usury issue, as the "Petro Dollar" agreement was in effect, have departed. China once owned 18% of long term T-Notes, and they are dumping them as fast as they Mature. Japan as the big Contributor Colony is doing likewise. Who is left to support the failed currency that was introduced to overcome a failed currency, from spending on an expensive Colonial Conflict? The FED who were promised that Treasury would sell T-Notes as the FED printed their Notes, even attempt to buy the T-Notes to provide some security, as a conflict of interest is presented by that effort? What major economic miracle will be next? Where in the White House Couch Cushions, will this Administration find enough Gas Money to enable the Fleets ability to provide a vision of Gunboat Diplomacy? They certainly have difficulty sailing into the Black Sea?
Pepe is angry because Brazil didn’t allow Venezuela join in BRICS group but he is ignoring the latest facts that ended on this action. Maduro simply doesn’t respect the Tratado de Barbados ignoring the Brazil’ leadership on The region and that was the main reason of this veto. Many others aggressions from Maduro during the election and after his election so I couldn’t expect anything different from Brazil.
I still believe it is an intervention by the United States but your point of view is good. Brazil should not have participated in this agreement as a guarantor. I was a clear intervention on venezuelan sovereignty. Maduro also gave clear signals that he would not fulfill such a bad agreement. Brazil made a fool of himself.
Buy gold is tradition in India. Because Hindu woman wear gold ( Mangalsutra) as well as invest for future. Ankit Shah, is right. Hidden Gold or undeclared gold is not added in talks .
The young balak Sankaracharya demolished white hair pandits in thoughts, trying to beat him down with "experience". The world keeps evolving. To make predictions based on experience, is akin to building trading models based on historical records.
A typical gujju/marwadi family, middle class or high class, own at least a kg of gold. So just these 2 communities must be holding at least 10000-20000 tonnes of gold.
Top notch predictions by Dr. Ankit Shah, proud of you અંકીતભાઈ.
Shah is an intoxicated delusional Hindu nationalist. I have cut off looking at him spewing abject ignorance. He ignores Pepe question of Kashmir.
Well, for all the non Indians who are reading this, we Indians wear gold as jewellery and buy gold on occasions and gift it also . Its in our culture. So, we do hold a lot of gold
True.
Gold in private hands/ families won’t equate much to the national interests unless the government forcibly takes the gold from these private owners. And Indians are known to hide the gold away so the government doesn’t get their corrupt hands on it. Of course any sane person won’t willingly give it up to a corrupt government official. So the summary is, the gold in private hands (or in corrupt govt officials’ hands) won’t help the Indian government led economy, right?
Chilla chilla ke sabko scheme bata do 😅
Ankit Shah should have show his Golden Ring and say Now imagine 1.5 Billion people have atleast One Gold Ring for Men, One Gold Chain for Women if not More. When Pepe Escobar asked where's that Gold ? by private holdings of Indians.
Indians most deluded... somme clear minded
Brilliant Dr Ankit Shah. 💪
Good to see both agree to disagree respectfully ❤
Brilliant explanation by Pepe. Love it.
Ankit shah is a gem❤
Finally here...🎉🎉🎉🎉
Within few years, I can surely say that all of Dr.shah prediction is gonna come true and we gonna tag Mr.pepe to remind him who is the boss.
Excellent insight by Dr. Shah!
Going forward Mr.Shah should start with explaining how Geo-politics is subservient to Geo-economics. How does one have a good analysis when the basics itself are wrong. 🤔
Yes, agreed 100%.
For the USA/collective West, it has *always* been about the control of vital nodes and links, so that the control of the entire world was in their own hands. The essence was to turn the entire world into a "giant vacuum cleaner" which would suck the wealth off the rest of the world, in one direction: upwards, to themselves. The basis of their power for the last 500 years.
Note, they used the divide-and-rule technique to destroy and subvert China and India during the era of Western Imperialism. They WILL try again.
So you r saying geopolitics is not subservient to geoeconomics..?
Geo economics always drive geopolitics. With economics no politics exists.
As simple as that to become a King you should have atleast a donkey, if all your subjects are on legs only.
Fantastic 😍 just love it thanks for this intelligent debate
Dr. Ankit Shah is full of it...
They both are, though pepe is more inflated
I believe him. He’s been right too many times for it to be coincidental
@@RojaJaneman Lol what? He's saying the whole muslim world is going to convert to Christianity and Judaism. You're delulu if you think Ankit Shah isn't a hack.
Sorry I don’t agree with both completely but shocked to hear Escobar’s lack of ground knowledge on India
Most people don’t know about India. Even Indians themselves
Two Legends of Geopolitics analysis. Ankit sir 🌹
Never imagined this , Pepe Escobar?
This was a cool😎 format, with 2 wise men👍 I can listen to these guys for hours!! Thanks, ThinkBRICS❤
The guest surprise reaction after he hears about bharatiya hold so much gold hilarious
My personal opinion is if you have ties or influence with the US then you don’t belong here with BRICS..I totally agree with Escobar take on Lulu and also find is very disrespectful the Lulu didn’t show up. If you want this to work you don’t divide like you did Lulu with Maduro! You hurt Venezuela People #GoVenezuela 🇻🇪 ✨🇷🇺
Indian govt has influence of whoom are u suggesting here??😅😅😅..today's Indian govt listens no one literally...if u see US news from glasses of Indian they are trying to screw with Indian govt coz Indian govt does not budge to US hegemony and this frustrates US diplomats n govt... but for this u need to see US news on India directly
Btw Indian understanding on recent Brazil elections is that US was meddling in IT and it is wrong and against democratic principles
personal opinion can be wrong, geo economics doesn't consider personal opinions they follow money, in indias case we are the biggest consumer base so you like it or not US companies wants ties with india not the other way around
@ With Lulu and ties with the US is a different story..
@@mhasier4u america pre reset or post reset is simply too big to ignore.. At least geography wise
Why Ankit Shah is even discussing with this joker? He is just reducing the discussion to a light hearted chat.
I have never followed Ankit Shah. I followed Pepe Escobar for years. He is one of the best geopolitical analysts today. He is well known to western audiences. Pepe is actually the brilliant one.
We need to respect both. Learn from them and keep growing in your life..
Speaking right now from the north of England. I have no idea where Pepe is talking about.
Very good conversation.
I wished this video to be an hr long. Please do invite both the experts in bigger discussion, it was truly enlightening to hear both perceptions
we Indians(people of India) have huge amount of gold. We buy gold regularly, it is cultural. One rough estimate is 20,000-25000 tons of gold , ie about one-fourth of total gold in the world is held by Indian citizens.
@@michealanderson2282 also add that much of the gold is supposed to be with the temples which are under government control. Reports of record amount gold stealing from temples in recent years along with increase control of temples by BJP government. Where do they sell the temple gold??
Question of the Day: 🌍 With so many shifting dynamics in global power-from the potential for a 'New Crusader Era' in Europe to India's vision as a bridge between East and West-what role do you think emerging economies like India or alliances like #BRICS will play in shaping a more balanced world order? Do you believe traditional Western powers can adapt, or are we witnessing the start of a new multipolar world? Share your thoughts below! 👇
#Geopolitics #GlobalPowerShift #India2047 #BRICSAlliance #MultipolarWorld #WestAsia #NewWorldOrder #USInfluence #DeDollarization #GeopoliticalDebate #EmergingEconomies #FutureOfEurope #MiddleEastDynamics
There was no reserve currency 500-600 years apart from its form in gold. Nobody wants to be dictated by yet another rectangular table. You already saw the round table in Kazan but nobody talks about this.
Greater Israel will definitely happen... Because it's biblical prophecy.. Otherwise Christianity will be over Islam too..
As for India being the bridge, that has shown itself very obviously since the start of Russia’s SMO, by reselling Russian oil and gas to western countries while making a handsome profit. This in itself is akin to modern USA business model, make tons of money by inserting itself between two parties. While the profit is amazing for not much input needed, it does not paint India in a good light, it makes India look like a vulture that doesn’t have any integrity and will not earn trust from its most important partners (if there is indeed important partners). Trust is a very important commodity, as Putin has pointed out, the USA has betrayed Russian’s trust many times in the last few decades. India should be wary of this, this is a weak chain link that the western barbarians will use to their advantage
The world is going to become a multipolar no doubt about it thanks to 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦+.
Excellent !
Great idea , interesting ! Thanks.
Thank you
For your hard work
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Great Q&A with Ankit and Pepe ❤🙏🙏🙏
Excellent debate please have more discussion
That's the best half hour yet 👍 jackpot, Pepe is gold and probably one of the best if not THE BEST ❤️
Very good debate.
Pepe doesn't see 'a solution to de-radicalisation' to the problem because he considers Radicalisation as the solution
Fantastic; only possible on a bricks forum.
Most of the analysts from west do not have an idea about Asia and Africa geopolitical situation
Agree. It’s just their usual hubris and arrogance in general. Of course there are some who are open minded to learn and embrace other cultures.
❤❤❤ Ankit Shah
pepe was avoiding most of the question he was beating around the bush
It's not Pepe Escobar specifically. It's brazilian culture. We are known to do that naturally. There is a video called "Brazilians don’t say NO (NÃO) | Brazilian Portuguese" from "Speaking Brazilian Language School" channel. The Channel explains our culture better.
@@joaogilberto3901yes but a great analysis by him. dr ankit has some predictions that seem crazy when you hear them for the first time.
He keeps one hand in his lap
Sure I'll check out@@joaogilberto3901
@@Ragaji12 , yes but the world is crazy. I don't doubt Dr Ankit's predictions will come to occur
I would really have liked to know Pepe's views on the BRICS Presidency of Brazil next year. Does he think that under Lula's Slippin' n Slidin' diplomacy, there are chances of the BRICS being compromised from within? Now that Trump is president, the whole situation changes. Or does it?
Absolutely changes for the worst with Trump back.. Look what he did to Venezuela 🇻🇪.. BRICS needs to rethink Brazils part in this especially what Lulu did to Venezuela.. You hurt Venezuela 🇻🇪 bottom line ..
Well. In fact he doesn’t like to speak about it for some reason I don’t understand. To commencement of any conversation reducing or minimizing a country which is the biggest country of South America eighty biggest economy in the world and one of the founders of BRICS is by definition a basic mistake. Brazil and India are two countries with similarities in terms of independence of their agenda, Brazil will not join to Route of Silk just because everybody is going to, it has to be in benefit of Brazil otherwise no. Another point is de-dolarization that is something he doesn’t mention in respect of Lula who actually started this move founding NDB during his presidency making an option for developing countries getting rid of IMF, creating the basis of everything is happening now. Lula actually started to trade in local currency in 2004 in Mercosul. Let see next year what is going to happen in Brazil.
@@RuruBasuMallik maybe they should change it to VRICS… 😃
@@RuruBasuMallik He mentioned in a discussion with Danny Haiphong and in a podcast with Scott Ritter that part of the reason there was so much done this year during Russia's presidency is that Brazil is more worried about the G20 meeting they're hosting and COP25. Thinks it's ridiculous that next year's BRICS+ summit will be held in June instead of later in the year to gather more data about the launch BRICS Bridge.
He also said the stain on this years conference was Brazil vetoing Venezuela as a partner nation, and said that because there are a lot of pro-wall street Atlanticists in Sao Paolo that Lula is skirting on very thin ice with Washington. He did mention that the other nations should consider rotating the presidency to another founding member for all these reasons
@apostolostvable Thank you so much for sharing this. Appreciate it.
Again you need a good editor. The discussion was quite great but the segment needs more questioning!! Ankit Shah All time Fav - thankyou for this discussion makes sure to pitch Dr. Shah with other economists as well
We get your point on wanting more questions, totally valid! Keep in mind, though, this was a quick talk in the middle of the BRICS summit, so time was tight. Plus, editing resources are always a balancing act. We’re thrilled Ankit Shah could join, and Escobar’s insights were invaluable. Definitely planning more talks like this, and we’ll look into bringing in other economists. Thanks for the feedback; we’re always working to improve!
A really interesting discussion by both parties, both having their unique insights from their lived experiences. One criticism is the fake applause to make it seem the room is filled with people…when in one segment, the camera pans around to show an absolutely empty room. Would be a much better video with better editing, or not having fake applause in the first instance.
Escobar, what the hell are you smoking! 😂😂😂
Wow what a discussion. Fascinating to listen to.
escobar is blinded by his biases
Agreed.
Ankit way more bias but he is indian
The USA appears to still treat the Spanish Empire that they acquired in a Hostile Takeover in 1898, as if they were US colonies.
The Philippians have been exploited blatantly as a Naval Base, and their low cost Labor seems to have provided some useful resources. Now they seem to be a Missile Base.
But South America and Mexico seem to all be acting as if they noticed the economic demise of the USA.
Escobar was simply being polite about US relations with South America.
The game of thoughts.
If Pepe doesn't even know the undisputed fact that Indian housewives have 15% of all the gold in the world, he shouldn't be commenting on BRICS and geopolitics
don't exaggerate
@ThinkBRICS Gold worth $1trillion lies in Shri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple alone in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala.
I can't even ask you to stay "updated", because this isn't something that happened recently.
This is ancient truth
It's natural to feel passionate about unique cultural facts, but let's keep perspective. Private gold holdings in India aren't commonly known or widely verified in global discussions; most sources on this are from Indian publications. Pepe Escobar is well-informed, but he’s human and can’t know every detail, especially niche ones. So let's ease up; everyone’s here to learn, and geopolitics is a vast field with many layers beyond just gold.
@@ThinkBRICS he's supposed to know about gold holdings if he claims to be a BRICS expert
@@chandlerhbk08 Escobar doesn’t actually label himself a ‘BRICS expert’, he offers broader insights into global dynamics. While gold holdings are interesting, they’re just one aspect of India’s complex role in BRICS. No analyst can know every detail, and it doesn’t lessen the value of his perspectives. Let’s focus on the bigger picture he’s discussing!
Well done!
Amazing discussion, amazing video
Escobar must learn simple math, every Hindu Indian no matter how poor has atleast 10gm of gold( a chain or a ring), multiply that with 1.3 billion, adds upto 13,000 tons of gold. This is a very very conservative estimate. Actual numbers will be 10 times that number.
well dont forget the temples , as they too store lots of gold , silver etc.
Indian government should make an inventory of temple gold and personal gold through production and sales. You cannot use 1b people for the calculation because many are children and some are too poor to own gold. Plus is that 24 carat pure gold?
Woah
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What is this? DEBATES? I LOVE debates. No quicker way to find common ground.
Loved it, beautiful political discussion on basis of previous data like Scientists, not debate.
Add unlimited Unaccounted Gold reserves and Historical Diamonds in Temples. That's simply great
Pepe as always a true geopolitical analyst with a sound approach of objectivity even when discussing his own country of origin. First time listening to Dr Shah, I think his views are nationalistic, I will look him up to consider his other discussions and decide if he is the real McCoy!
Spot on ankit sir❤
At 27:00 Pepe is wrong.
Not ONLY the current war was because the USA convinced Europeans to destroy each other.
Most of our history is too narrow, and can only serve as data to figure out the big picture.
After around 1900, Europe lost its top tier position as global leaders because their leaders could not find a suitable balance of power between the states, which was equally acceptable for all. Note that with Versailles and many other bad choices, ALL Europeans lost.
WW1 and WW2 was one struggle which roots go back a 1,000 years: the battle for continental supremacy and a balance of power between France and The Holy Roman Empire, with Russia off to one side of that, and Great Britain off to the other. This is how the quote "peace for 20 years" (Foch) should be interpreted.
WW1 and WW2 was simply another "30 years war" with the difference being that the naval powers (GB and the USA) stepped in and supported France as the "favored nation" as a proactive divide-and-rule strategy of intended global control and domination (see footnote).
In the end ALL Europeans lost and became subjected to the American Century, whose post-WW2 Truman Doctrine was simply more divide-and-rule, to drive a rift between Europeans.
After the Cold War this "rift" was simply "ruled" to be further east, and the desirable status quo of "Europeans set up against each other per outside ruling" was moved a few hundred miles eastwards. The new "Iron Curtain" will soon be declared, under some or other fancy term, to divide the eternal "good guys" and the new "bad guys"...
Read Mackinder (1904), which found its logical continuation with the post-WW2 Truman Doctrine, and Churchill's Iron Curtain.
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Footnote:
My sincere thanks to a fellow youtuber (@realvipul) who thought my one of essays explaining the divide-and-rule/conquer strategy of power was "TLDR" or too complicated and therefore ran it through AI...
"The comment discusses the concept of "divide and rule" as a strategy employed by powerful entities to maintain control. It argues that human systems are inherently chaotic due to the complexity of human nature, making them susceptible to manipulation through division. The example of the Roman Empire's conquest of Britain around the year "0" is used to illustrate how this strategy works, emphasizing that the motivations of individual collaborators are less important than the overall effect of division in enabling the empire's dominance. The comment then extends this analysis to the American Century, suggesting that the same strategy was used to exert influence over Europe. It highlights that the goal is to create maximum division among opposing groups while maintaining unity within the ruling power. The comment criticizes the media and political leaders for perpetuating a cycle of lies and wars, often under the guise of opposing territorial expansion while simultaneously promoting systemic expansion. In essence, the comment argues that the "divide and rule" strategy is a fundamental tactic employed by powerful entities to maintain control, and that understanding this strategy is crucial for comprehending historical events and current geopolitical dynamics."
It's divide-and-rule/conquer.
Europeans once grew into North America using this technique, morphed into "USA" and then gained North American hegemony using this technique, morphed into the American Century and gained global hegemony using this technique, and are now using the divide-and-rule technique as desperate attempt to hang on to global hegemony...
He also is wrong about Brazil.
👍 Quite interesting and entertaining.
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Loved It❤
I hope Mr. Escobar learnt a few things today especially about young emerging Bhartiyas with Sanatani foundations. 😂 We are not left or right we are Dharma based people.
I surely learnt a few things from him. Thank you all three and especially the channel as not many non Indians get to hear and know what Indians think about the various issues.
I enjoyed listening to Pepe Escobar, he is vastly internationally knowledgeable and a true geopolitical analyst expert. I find the Ankit Shah quite boastful about India..
Even as an indian, I agree, ankit is hung up on past glory, only #1 power USA has the right to all that.
@@user-343-8fx you people are really messed up in the mind.
Can you contradict his statements with facts?
Pepe Escobar looks to be blind to geoeconomics. He will end up being wrong
@@sakalasivathat cannot be done coz its not coming from fact but due to pre conceived notion
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Who is this Escobar, western arrogant attitude 😂 living in fantasy world
Pepe is the only one that knows whats going on in the room
@comisari38 another western colonial mundset arrogant puppet, they think that they are right whatever they say. The world was revolving around you for the last 70 years but now it's time for change
Hi Anastasia how are you, I have a question can you maybe ask Pepe Escobar if he wants to get into geopolitical trands with Dr Oualaalou I think that will be an interesting one, thanks in advance bye
Pepe seems to hold a deepseated hatred of Hindus, bharat and Sanatan dharma.
In every single interview he always finds a way to put us down, even when contrary to the facts & evidence.
Terrific!
Think BRICS, Ankit comes in JAIPUR DIALOGUES, our nationalist think tank. So this connection would be good.
We know, he left Kazan and went directly to the Jaipur Dialogues event!
Been following both of these two separately, so nice novelty to see them together.
Would go better if Pepe drops his ego and opens his mind, but perhaps he'd dissolve if he did that
Talking of gold ..ankit shah is wearing two thick gold ring and may be a chain which we cannot see 😅
Real Dhan ( Wealth ) according to Hinduism is
1. Gold .
2. Pasu dhan ( Cattles )
3. Santaan ( Population or kids )
4 . Food or grains .
AND till today It stands true .
Mr. Escobar is very pessimistic and is not interested in assuming anything away from the current status quo of the world.
Bharat should form the WORLD COUNCIL to be the universal guide to our world headquartered in New Delhi and offer it's services to the world.
Too short, would like to hear more
Ankit Shah should have show his Golden Ring and say " Now imagine 1.5 Billion people have atleast One Gold Ring for Men, One Gold Chain for Women if not More " . When Pepe Escobar asked " where's that Gold ? " by private holdings of Indians.
Very nice to see two great people discussing the real side of world.... Love from INDIA 👍
very informative and unbiased without any interruption so involved in feel Time flies like an Arrow 🙂just adding to Ankit's prediction Pok will merge by April 2025 same formula will used as foundation for merge Punjab of both side India and Pakistan due to culture and prosperity but that will happen by 2029. reason pak Punjabis will be more interested to merge in India Punjab once they get punches from Bloch and KPK side.
Ankit shah sounds more intelligible, the other person escobar sounded biased about west
I can say that your Indian counterpart is exaggerating about India's status!
@ranar1036 He is an expert in his own rights. You should listen to him and understand why he said so .
@@ranar1036 only time will tell. 3 decades ago nobody cud have predicted that China's economy will be bigger than US's. Still here we are. Also, people like u forgets or maybe don't know that till 17th century India was the richest country in the world.
You are undermining 😅
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What this bizzare man said 5 years ago has happened now. Ankit Shah is a genius
Ankit Shah is a great gem..
Love from Pakistan
Bharat owns 30,000 tons privately.
Thank You Anastasia, for an interesting discussion.
The effect of the USA buying influence, has already been impaled on some Fiat Currency, that seemed like a last resort effort by Nixon, to confront the 1960's spending that challenged the US Currency supplies.
The Vietnam Conflict was not paid for with Fiat Money until mid 1980's, and the Ukraine Conflict now presents a similar problem the the that economic shift of responsibility to debt, that Moslem's challenged thousands of years ago, once again presents to another US Administration?
The concept of added Debt that carries the burden of compound interest, that notices the USA distribute T-Notes to willing buyers to support the Fiat Currency, now seems severely challenged?
So where have all the Buyers gone?
The Saudi Investors who apparently danced around the Usury issue, as the "Petro Dollar" agreement was in effect, have departed.
China once owned 18% of long term T-Notes, and they are dumping them as fast as they Mature.
Japan as the big Contributor Colony is doing likewise.
Who is left to support the failed currency that was introduced to overcome a failed currency, from spending on an expensive Colonial Conflict?
The FED who were promised that Treasury would sell T-Notes as the FED printed their Notes, even attempt to buy the T-Notes to provide some security, as a conflict of interest is presented by that effort?
What major economic miracle will be next?
Where in the White House Couch Cushions, will this Administration find enough Gas Money to enable the Fleets ability to provide a vision of Gunboat Diplomacy?
They certainly have difficulty sailing into the Black Sea?
😂😂😂😂 Biggest fool Ankit Shah.. I mean why did u invite such a person 😂😂
This man Ankit Sha is taking Mod's hatred and bigotry to the world stage
Pepe is angry because Brazil didn’t allow Venezuela join in BRICS group but he is ignoring the latest facts that ended on this action. Maduro simply doesn’t respect the Tratado de Barbados ignoring the Brazil’ leadership on The region and that was the main reason of this veto. Many others aggressions from Maduro during the election and after his election so I couldn’t expect anything different from Brazil.
I still believe it is an intervention by the United States but your point of view is good. Brazil should not have participated in this agreement as a guarantor. I was a clear intervention on venezuelan sovereignty. Maduro also gave clear signals that he would not fulfill such a bad agreement. Brazil made a fool of himself.
Escobar doesn't know anything about Islam and what their book say it seems 😢.
He is very impress by Iran.😮
❤❤❤Very nice discussion - not like any roadside fights & herogiri of anchors as we find in Indian mainstream paid media
Well said.
Amit Shah is Mota bhai
Ankit Shah is Savthi Mota Bhai
What I heard is insight of two polar versions of views.
Buy gold is tradition in India. Because Hindu woman wear gold ( Mangalsutra) as well as invest for future.
Ankit Shah, is right. Hidden Gold or undeclared gold is not added in talks .
Pepe sounds to be blind to geoeconomics and indian thoughts. His analysis will end up being wrong.
Came here for ankit but other guest was also learned
The young balak Sankaracharya demolished white hair pandits in thoughts, trying to beat him down with "experience". The world keeps evolving. To make predictions based on experience, is akin to building trading models based on historical records.
A typical gujju/marwadi family, middle class or high class, own at least a kg of gold. So just these 2 communities must be holding at least 10000-20000 tonnes of gold.
@@RomitDholakia5 what is your point?
Ankit sir❤
Pepe thinks he's the boss
Pepe Escobar is learning from Dr Ankit Shah👍🏼
Old man has no idea.
Cannot believe this tool from India said greater Israel in a sentence