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By Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

At the 15th annual BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22–24 August 2023, six new members were admitted into the bloc from 2024 onwards: Argentina, Ethiopia, and four states from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, namely Egypt, Sau...

History – complete with poetic justice overtones – presented us this week with the ultimate, glaring contrast between the geopolitics of the past, enacted in an incendiary corner of southwest Asia, and the geopolitics of the future, enacted in East Asia’s Beijing, one of the capitals of emerging mul...

Sergio Massa, the Minister of Economy for Argentina who was nominated by the ruling Union for the Homeland coalition, and Libertarian MP Javier Miley (Freedom Comes Party) have progressed to the second round of the presidential election.

The National Electoral Chamber released data indicating tha...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

In the past several months it has become fashionable to talk up the theme of China’s economic demise and the ascendancy of India as the main growth engine of the Global South. Mass media, academic gurus, fund managers and corporates are starting to argue in favor of re-direc...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia will receive nearly one trillion rubles more ( $10.5 billion) in 2023 from the increase of non-resource and non-energy exports. The impressive 85% surge is proving to be a strong financial boost for the country. What products fall under this export classification, what are...

By Muzaffar Rizvi

THE UAE’s entry into influential BRICS group next year will further enhance its influence and provide more opportunities for trade and investment in one of the major economic blocs of the world, experts say.

Analysts, executives and economic experts said the UAE's entry could c...