Xi Makes His Move as China and BRICS Reshape the Global Order

In an interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast, the host lays out a sweeping argument: that Xi Jinping and China have executed a long-prepared, multi-front strategy to reshape global order, and that Donald Trump’s administration has been outmaneuvered so thoroughly that the United States is losing its position as hegemon. The host frames this as the biggest under-covered story in American media, using the BRICS Summit in New Delhi as the centerpiece of a coordinated push to build a new multilateral security and economic architecture—one that excludes the United States.

The BRICS Summit as a Declaration of a New Order

The host describes the BRICS Summit as the moment when China’s hegemonic ambitions were openly asserted, but within a framework of multilateralism. Xi Jinping’s speech at the summit stressed that BRICS nations must “stand firmly on the right side of history” and be “a pioneer of our time.” The host interprets this as a direct challenge to the U.S.-led order, particularly regarding the Middle East. Xi called for resisting unilateral sanctions and wars by the “Trump regime and the Netanyahu regime,” and outlined four roles for BRICS: advancing innovation-driven deployment, upholding peace and stability, facilitating mutual learning between civilizations, and reforming global governance. The host notes that these are the kinds of statements the U.S. used to make, an