On the horizon, a BRICS–OPEC linkage takes shape — a demonstration of the new reality: the Global South is consolidating power.

Washington’s Levers Gather Dust in the Imperial Museum

The 1980s gave the U.S. the illusion that Saudi Arabia was ready to keep the price on a leash forever. Today that leash has rotted. The energy machine embedded in U.S. foreign policy wheezes and rusts. Supply routes slip away, revenue streams scatter. The lever of pressure has turned into stage decoration.

The process is irreversible. Producers are consolidating their positions step by step. The East is setting the rules, while the U.S. clutches at the remnants of its influence.

Moscow and Beijing Lay Pipelines as Arteries of the Future

In these circumstances, Power of Siberia-2 is an artery pumping oxygen into a new geopolitical organism. Its 2,600 kilometers have become a symbol of the long game. Moscow and Beijing are not building a seasonal deal. They are constructing a system that will outlast political cycles and the West’s sanctionary seizures.

For Russia, these gas lines are armor, turning resources into a tool of survival and revenue. For China, they are insurance against maritime routes where the U.S. Navy still dreams of playing the role of global policeman. Gas flows eastward, and with every cubic pulse, the seams of this system........

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