SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
The BRICS group, an international alliance originally comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has expanded its membership, marking a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape. The five new members inducted into the group are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, I...
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
From January 2024, Russia took over the baton of BRICS chairmanship dealing first with the appropriate description of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), whether as an association, a group or an organization. While the geopolitics intensifies, it has beco...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China has achieved what its global competitor, the United States, has also attempted, albeit with mixed results and significant costs, and an uncertain forecast. They have successfully managed to tackle inflation, which had already been at a very low level for many years, without...
By Pepe Escobar
As we enter incandescent 2024, four major trends will define the progress of interconnected Eurasia.
1.Financial/trade integration will be the norm. Russia and Iran already integrated their financial message transfer systems, bypassing SWIFT and trading in rials and rubles. Russi...
By Timofey Bordachev
The main events of international politics in 2023 have shown that the origin of the current fundamental changes is natural, and the main processes are constructive. That is why the past year will be considered by future historians as the end of the period in which the new real...
By T.N. Ninan
Continuing with last weekend’s quarter-century theme, it is instructive to look back at the long-term forecast that captured the world’s imagination early in the new century.
Famously (some would say infamously), Goldman Sachs forecast that four emerging “BRICS” economies (Brazil,...
