SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
Well the first summit between Russia and the USA since the start of the Ukraine conflict has just ended and one thing is obvious and that is the new cold war between the two countries is over and it appears that real progress has been made towards ending the conflict in Ukraine...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The long-anticipated meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is finally going to take place. On Friday, the two presidents will meet in Alaska and finally be able to talk face-to-face.
Now lets remember that over the last 3 years the US has introduced some 30 thousand sa...
The BRICS group began to expand at last years summit in Johanesburg, and at the current summit it comprised nine members (with one additional semi-joined member, Saudi Arabia). Additionally, delegations from 24 further countries arrived in Kazan, with the total number of applications for accession e...
It was to be expected that the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin following the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan would attract considerable attention, not only from the friendly audience, but also from the collective West.
The BRICS summit in Kazan received significant media coverage f...
Turkey has yet again affirmed its intention to try to join the BRICS and it has been confirmed that the Turkish President will attend the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan in October.
The BRICS leaders that have confirmed their attendance incluse Xi Janping, of China,Narndra Modi of India,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
SCO: What is it?
Which countries are part of the organisation?
What are the organisation's goals?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation dates back to 1996, when the Shanghai Five was created. The association comprised Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Tajikistan. The c...
