SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
This week something strange happened. On November 1st on the calendar - was the official 31st birthday of the European Union which was created based on the 1992 Maastricht Treaty. One would have expected flags to be flying, fireworks to be lighting up the sky, and von der Leyen t...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It has been proposed that twenty-four ships be constructed at Goa Shipyard Ltd, an Indian state-owned shipyard. The ships are intended to operate as part of the " North-South International Transportation Corridor" which goes from Russia to Iran via the Caspian Sea then across tha...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian energy company Gazprom has agreed with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and PipeChina to design and construct a pipeline section located in the Far East. The new pipeline will be used to supply Russian gas to China.
Constructing a pipeline tends to be a prolonge...
By Yaroslav Lissovolik
Since its inception in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has transformed ideas into actions, from a vision into reality, and from a general framework into concrete projects. Evaluating the BRI’s accomplishments over the last decade raises questions. How has the BRI ad...
By Suren Karr
Malaysia should consider joining the proposed BRICs currency union rather than resort to the proposed Islamic gold dinar as a reserve currency for international trade, says an economist. Ida Yasin of Universiti Putra Malaysia said the proposed BRICS currency would also be backed by g...
By Ren Qi
China and Russia are working closely under the Belt and Road Initiative, and the growing markets in energy sector and e-commerce industry have attracted more enterprises to explore business opportunities, Russian experts said.
Oleg Timofeev, associate professor at RUDN University in Ru...
