SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states from 24 to 27 October. Founded in 2001, the SCO currently has nine members: China, Kazakh...
By Evgeny Tipailov , Ivan Angulo
In August 2023, the BRICS summit ended very successfully. Starting January 1, 2024, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, the UAE, Egypt and Iran will officially join the association. Together with the founders of BRICS, these states comprise almost half of the world'...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese Premier Li Qiang embarks on a four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. He will attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Bishkek and pay an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from O...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday, 25th October that the relationship between Russia and Kazakhstan is currently of great importance. Mr Putin conveyed his message through a congratulatory telegram sent to the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, on...
By Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni
At the 15th annual BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22–24 August 2023, six new members were admitted into the bloc from 2024 onwards: Argentina, Ethiopia, and four states from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, namely Egypt, Sau...
History – complete with poetic justice overtones – presented us this week with the ultimate, glaring contrast between the geopolitics of the past, enacted in an incendiary corner of southwest Asia, and the geopolitics of the future, enacted in East Asia’s Beijing, one of the capitals of emerging mul...
