SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
The total investable wealth currently held by the BRICS member states amounts to $45 trillion, according to Henley & Partners' inaugural BRICS Wealth Report.
The BRICS group of emerging economies, which previously comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, underwent a major expansio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Iran has set up a number of companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to circumvent sanctions and increase its exports to China, according to the head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, Majid Reza Hariri.
"Some of Iran's exports to the UAE continue on to China. Iran has se...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The economic weight of the European Union and the euro area in the world has been declining for the last three decades. Events since 2019 have intensified this trend, and the sanctions against Russia, which have boomeranged on Europe itself, are making the trend downwards totally...
By Aaryaman Nijhawan
“A large part of foreign policy today is communication,” Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said as the 9th Raisina Dialogue, an annual conference on geopolitics hosted by New Delhi, came to a close on Saturday. From regional conflicts and disruptive econ...
By Zhao Yusha
At the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Brazil, Brazilian officials called for reforms of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, and pushed for stronger representation of developing nations. Chinese experts believe Brazil's call speaks for the broader Global South,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
On the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is both disheartening and worrying for the global economy to see the West once again ratcheting up sanctions against Russia and even extending them to third countries, rather than reflecting on and ackno...
