In his statements before the SCO summit, Vladimir Putin laid out a comprehensive vision of the world as he sees it—and as he wants it to be. This worldview is defined by a struggle between a declining, coercive West and a rising, cooperative East.
In this world, the primary villains are the US and EU, who wield “discriminatory sanctions” to “hinder” the development of any nation that challenges their hegemony. Their actions are unjust and contrary to international law.
The heroes are the nations of the SCO and BRICS, led by the “unprecedented” Russia-China alliance. These nations seek a “fairer, multipolar world order” based on mutual respect, economic cooperation, and “equal and indivisible security.”
The central battleground is the global financial system. The key to victory, in Putin’s view, is de-dollarization and the creation of independent economic structures. The SCO summit in Tianjin is the council of war where the strategy for this new world will be planned and advanced.