By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia and Saudi Arabia both made statements on the same day about the new restrictions on the supply of oil on to the world market. This is how they will resist the monetary policies of the US and the EU, which are pulling oil prices down. Moscow, in addition to cutting product...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has suggested that the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) update the association's development strategy.
“The time has come to adopt a new strategy for the development of the SCO,” Tokayev said during...
By Oleg Barabanov
The Valdai Discussion Club recently held a special expert discussion on the situation in Serbia and the state of Russian-Serbian relations amid the current geopolitical conditions. This meeting expanded upon the Serbian issue in the expert activities of the Valdai Club,which we h...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It will be Europe that will suffer the most from the restrictions on the export of gallium and germanium announced by China from August 1. It is a united Europe that is now leading the way in the "green" transition, the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources....
By Hu Weijia
The EU Ambassador to China, Jorge Toledo expressed regret on Sunday over the lack of "substantial progress" in trade talks with Beijing. It does not rule out the possibility that the EU may want to use Toledo's "regret" as a means to exert pressure on China, but, from another perspect...
By Ding Long
In recent years, China and the Middle East have made some impressive diplomatic achievements. The inaugural China-Arab States Summit was successfully held in Riyadh at the end of last year. China then helped bring about a historic reunion between Saudi Arabia and Iran earlier this yea...