SCO’s Multipolar Blueprint: Xi, Modi, Putin, Iran & Lukashenko

International Flavor: Where the Truth Tastes Better · Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 29m

Samuel Trapp continues his examination of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, comparing the strikingly different speeches of Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and Alexander Lukashenko. Despite their differences, a common doctrine emerges: sovereign equality, fewer ideological loyalty tests, national-currency trade, resistance to unilateral sanctions, Eurasian connectivity and reform of the UN. Most importantly, Samuel examines how multipolarity is moving beyond speeches toward banks, transportation networks, technology cooperation and…