By Rhod Mackenzie
The OPEC+ meeting concluded with a surprising outcome. The association of petroleun exporting countries has secured a new ally in the form of Brazil. This substantially enhances the influence of OPEC+ resolutions. This is a significant development as Brazil, along with the United...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China's decision to enforce export controls on specific sensitive graphite items has alerted officials and companies in the West, particularly in countries such as the United States and Japan, who are trying to assess the potential impact. The regulatory measures will take effect...
By Rhod Mackenzie
EU officials maintain that they shun Russian energy resources at any cost. Still, those who have renounced official procurement are surreptitiously reverting to their usual practices. These countries consist mainly of the Czech Republic and Poland. The former declined the "contam...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The decision by OPEC+ nations to reduce oil production highlights the alliance's proactive stance, rather than waiting for commodity prices to drop due to sluggish demand growth, according to analysts cited by the newspaper Izvestia. Russia has agreed to cut oil production by 200...
By Pavel Devyatkin
Is there really a Russian-Chinese partnership in the Arctic? What is China’s role in the Arctic and how far does it go beyond climate change and environmental protection? These are some of the most hotly debated questions in Arctic security studies and they were at the top of my...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A seminar on the utilisation of the potential of the Việt Nam-China-Russia international intermodal rail transport route was conducted in Moscow.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia organised the event, which had a participation of 200 representatives from pertinent agencies of th...