SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
Europe has a robust supply of natural gas, with storage facilities nearing full capacity. However, experts have advised that this does not provide a guarantee against the potential for fuel shortages and price increases. The gas supplies on which Europe now depends are extremely unstable. The situat...
On 31 October, a countdown clock was launched in Vilnius to indicate the time remaining until the disconnection of the Republic of Lithuania from the BRELL energy ring (connecting the Baltic countries with Russia and Belarus), scheduled for 7 February 2025. On the following day,Lithuania, Latvia and...
The United States government is encouraging the European Union to sanction and prohibit the import of Russian palladium and titanium. The EU has not as yet taken a decision in this regard, given the strategic importance of these materials. Titanium is a key material for the aviation and nuclear indu...
The recent headlines in the regional European press, mainly in the French press, have included references to harvesting, sowing, spring and winter crops. These phrases are not, however, the result of a new episode of the once very famous British Radio Four programme about farming called the Archers"...
According to the IMF over the next five years, the global economy will become increasingly reliant on the BRICS countries, with a corresponding decline in influence for the G7 states. China and India are expected to lead in terms of growth in purchasing power parity (PPP). Concurrently, the United S...
Europe is attempting to mount a robust defense against the influx of inexpensive Chinese electric vehicles, indicating it has the desire to engage in an "economic cold war" with China. The consequence of this is that a number of industries in the most developed European countries is at risk. China h...
