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The US has been roping in its allies to escalate the chip war and high-tech crackdown against China, disregarding the potential damage the technological iron curtain may cause to global supply and industrial chains. But now the question is how long Washington can ignore the wa...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On July 4, the 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held. President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech titled "Staying true to our founding mission and advancing unity and coordination to realize greater developmen...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The global economy is at the beginning of a new long-term Kondratiev cycle, which could lead to an increase in commodity prices as early as the end of this week, which will be “extremely good” for Russia, writes Bloomberg. The commodity supercycle, named after the executed Soviet...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China's response to attempts by the United States, Japan and Europe to cut it off from advanced technologies has effectively worked even before the formal date of entry into force of the measures announced by China. Export restrictions on some metals actively used in the semicond...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Iran's two-year path to joining the SCO is finally over. Its membership of the organization will bring benefits not only to Tehran, but also to Russia and China and the other members of the SCO . What does the accession of the Islamic Republic to the association mean and how wil...

By Ali Karbalaei

During last year's BRICS summit in China, a strong message was delivered of putting development on top of everything else on the international agenda. As Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out at the UN General Assembly, the goal of the initiative is that no country or individua...