SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
The upcoming leader of the new BRICS Development Bank will serve a five-year term representing Russia. Within this period, a major decision must be made which will have worldwidet reprecussions,this is regarding the creating of a financial instrument or currency. The quandary of...
By Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.
At the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club our session is called “A World Beyond Hegemony: BRICS as a Prototype of a New International Architecture”. The theme is vast and ambitious. Ambition is appropriate. Without ambition, nothing much is achieved. Th...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian Minister of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev informed the State Duma deputies that internal enterprises will buy 5.4 million tonnes of mineral fertilisers by the end of 2023. Concurrently, the quantity of fertiliser application will rise to 65 kilograms per hectare. To p...
By Henok Tadele Haile
When Ethiopia gained admission into the prestigious BRICS bloc, a wave of jubilation resounded across the country. This monumental event signals a coming of age for Africa’s second most populous nation on the global stage.
This modern alliance of major emerging economies pr...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Arab monarchies have traditionally been seen as allies of the US in the Middle East, but relations are now rapidly cooling. The reason for this systemic discord is the foreign policy of the United States and the aggressive hegemonic style of the fading superpower. Even during...
By Rhod Mackenzie
After the BRICS summit in South Africa, where little to no progress was made in discussions on the issue of the creation of a single currency for the block, the Western media were unanimous in declaring the idea a failure and the utter futility the attempts at de-dollarisation, i...
