SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
China's imports and exports grew in the first ten months of 2023, although October saw a decline in exports. On Tuesday, Chinese authorities released official data indicating that import growth exceeded expectations, demonstrating that the world's largest trading nation is resili...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia is taking steps to safeguard the security of its relationships with the countries of Central Asian from the unethical actions of the West, this was announced on October 8 by Alexander Sternik, the Director of the Department for CIS countries at the Russian Foreign Minist...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia and Iran are prepared for mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries, particularly our neighbours. Central Asia is experiencing rapid development. It is time for Europe to awaken to the current circumstances.
These are the key themes of the XVI Verona Eurasian E...
By Ali Kareem Ozheb
2023 has seen the announcement of a spate of invitations for potential accessions to BRICS—an emerging economic and geopolitical bloc currently comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. On the heels of this, a number of other countries are also looking to join....
By Paul Goncharoff
With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other events. Over the past weeks we have seen BRICS steadily growing, and just the Belt & Road forum has shown clear, goal dri...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese economy is projected to grow by 5.4% in 2023 due to a robust recovery from the pandemic, but is expected to slow down to 4.6% in 2024 due to issues in the real estate sector and weakening external demand, as per a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The r...
