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The Sirius Report
Through 20 years of diligent research I have gained a unique insight and understanding of the ongoing geopolitical shift towards a multipolar world. I have extensive knowledge of Eurasia, South America, Africa and the U.S.. I am able to assess geopolitical events and provide a very clear understanding of what those developments mean in the context of the vast global changes now unfolding.
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Global South — alternative financial systems
- BRICS cross-border payments — the move toward interoperable payment arrangements and bilateral local-currency settlement rather than routing every transaction through dollar infrastructure.
- China's CIPS expansion — CIPS is becoming an increasingly important RMB-based alternative for cross-border payments, particularly across China's trade relationships with sanctioned and emerging economies.
- PAPSS in Africa — the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is creating an African payments layer allowing intra-African trade to settle in local currencies rather than defaulting to dollars.
- India's UPI becoming an international payments network — India's domestic instant-payment infrastructure is increasingly being connected with foreign payment systems, creating a potential Global South payments bridge.
- India's local-currency settlement architecture — New Delhi is building mechanisms allowing more bilateral trade to be invoiced and settled directly in