By Yaroslav Lissovolik
This year the focus on the BRICS summit may finally reach a point when it is going to be followed closely not just by the BRICS scholars, but by the wider global community, including the global financial markets. The reason is simply that the BRICS agenda centered on the blo...
By Ivan Timofeev
Another package of US sanctions has caused a stir in connection with restrictive measures against companies from Kyrgyzstan that work with Russia. In fact, such restrictions fit into an already-existing trend. Companies from friendly countries are under threat of blocking sanction...
By Sergey Manukov
Slightly forgotten in recent months, gas is back on the list of potential threats to the global economy. It is noteworthy that the event in distant Australia, which reminded everyone of gas, with which everything seemed to be in order, judging by the prices and the fullness of un...
By Andrey Kortunov
Is Russia losing India? They raise this question at practically every conference, workshop or an expert meeting on Russian-Indian relations since the times of the Soviet disintegration in early 1990s. Quite often, the predominant views expressed by participants are pessimistic,...
By Evgeniya Makhmutova
In May 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has announced the country’s readiness to launch an international transit corridor to Iran, Iraq and Turkey as part of the major East-West international transport corridor (ITC). According to the Turkmen leader, Tur...
By Dr Nadia Helmy
China has planned a huge project within the framework of its Belt and Road initiative to curb US influence in Latin America through the state of Colombia. This Chinese project aims to link the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Colombia and Latin America to counter and limit the grow...