The SCO Summit ended with a joint declaration condemning Jaffar Express, Khuzdar and Pahalgam terrorist attacks. China and Russia went one step further in offering the Global South a 'global governance' system that would "take a clear stand against hegemonism and power politics, and practice true multilateralism". The Global North, however, is resisting any possibility of 'global governance' led by Russia and China.

Israel has struck Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing Prime Minister Nasser al-Rahawi and several ministers; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite severe opposition from the Israeli public, has declared a 'decisive stage' in the Gaza War; American naval forces have reached Venezuelan shores to start a new, seemingly long, war of attrition; the Ukraine War is yet to abate; and there is a constant threat that Israel will strike Iran again. All this is the North's resistance!

In such a volatile global environment, and in such a humanitarian situation where 1% of human population controls around 40% global wealth, and 50% of humanity lives on just 2% of global wealth; and wherein over a billion people, according to WHO's latest findings, are living with mental health conditions now; is humanity looking for a path to peace, progress and equality? Or is it looking for more wars?

So, when China talks of a Global Security Initiative, and Russia of a Eurasian Security Concept, they are actually talking of a minus-US global security framework, which has been despised by so many states around the world for its unilateral hegemonic policies. If the Global South,........

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