SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
China issued a white paper on Tuesday which focused on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Highlighting the role the iconic "project of the century" has played in global development over the last decade, the paper also discussed its achievements in working towards its main goal o...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The US's desperate attempts to isolate Russia and China through its intimidation,threats and sanctions have not provided Washington with the results they have craved.The rapid expansion of BRICS to 11 countries at their recent summit threatens to turn the political West into a g...
By Rhod Mackenzie
At the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries, the national coordinators were instructed to speed up the preparation of concrete proposals to improve the association's activities in line with modern realities. This is...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Trade turnover between Russia and China in January-August this year increased by 25%, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia reported in its telegram channel following the results of the 15th meeting of the Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation of the Russian-Chinese Commissio...
By Pepe Escobar.
It will take ages to unpack the silos of information inbuilt in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last week, coupled with the – armored - train-keeps-a-rollin’ conducted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un straddling every nook and cranny of Primorsky Krai.
The key themes...
By Pepe Escobar
After a long-running buildup pinpointed by immense expectations all across the Global South, Global Majority, or “Global Globe” (as coined by Belarus President Lukashenko), the BRICS summit in South Africa, on its first day, revealed a “lost in translation” incident that should be...
