Edward Quince

Dec 6, 2024 | fairobserver.com | Peter Isackson |Alex Gloy |Edward Quince

Events this year have helped to clarify thinking about how the Global South and more particularly, BRICS+ as its spokesperson, expects to position itself with regard to the US dollar. A consensus seems to be developing that rather than going to war against the dollar’s established position as the world’s premium reserve currency, nations across the globe are looking at diversifying the means and methods of payment so as not to be subject to every change of political mood coming from Washington.

Nov 22, 2024 | fairobserver.com | Peter Isackson |Alex Gloy |Edward Quince

Earlier this month, Edward offered his perspective on how the media in the West covered BRICS nations’ position concerning the US dollar. To better understand the intentions, he proposes rethinking the vocabulary we and the media have been using. “It’s important to note that the narrative ‘BRICS countries target the USD’ seems just a propaganda topic that the so-called mainstream media is pushing.

Aug 2, 2024 | fairobserver.com | Peter Isackson |Alex Gloy |Edward Quince

In early July, Edward informed us that “the BRICS have allegedly already advanced to practical implementation of an alternative non-dollar financial system based on gold derivatives, smart contracts, permissionless and trustless blockchains.”He also reported some of what he learned from his conversations with people who attended the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Jul 26, 2024 | fairobserver.com | Peter Isackson |Alex Gloy |Edward Quince

As someone with a non-specialist’s interest in how the media covers the great geopolitical question of how the system of payments of the global economy is evolving, I raised the following question to our collaborators. How significant is this headline from Watcher.guru, which could look to some people like a turning point?

Jul 19, 2024 | fairobserver.com | Peter Isackson |Edward Quince

One of the key events that took place in June was the G7 meeting in Rome. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, smarting from the disastrous results for his party in the European parliamentary elections, had already dissolved the National Assembly. He presented it as a hope against hope that the electorate would come to its senses and reaffirm its faith in his presidential leadership. He was wrong, as would become clear by July 7, the second round of the snap parliamentary elections.