The schism between the West and the global South, led by China and Russia, continues to grow wider as multilateralism, the glue that keeps global peace and stability intact, takes a battering.
Just in the aftermath of the US wrath against South Africa for hosting Mosi II – the joint naval exercises with Russia and China in February – it was announced this week that now, Russia and China are embarking on a three-nation joint military drill alongside Iran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been a pariah in the eyes of the West, with the US-led sanctions against Tehran predictably adopted by the EU. The Iran nuclear deal remains a sticky point since former US president Donald Trump unceremoniously tore up the agreement, claiming the Obama administration before him had short-changed the US. The matter remains unresolved, and Russia and
