SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
Beijing and Moscow will continue to strengthen their strategic coordination despite Washington's negative rhetoric. This was announced in a Global Times (GT) in an editorial published on Monday 18 September.
The newspaper was commenting on the Russian-Chinese consultations on s...
By Evgeny Pozdnyakov
The United States will insist that the UN Security Council only include states that share its pro-Western views. Russia, on the other hand, wants to see representatives of the world's majority in the organisation. The reaching of a consensus will not be easy. The political sci...
By Abbas Juma
A politician succeeds when he is able to balance skilfully in a crisis situation, to gain maximum benefit where others are drowning. A successful politician will not stand on the sidelines; he will participate in all important processes, including international conflicts. Keeping as...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The US president Joe Biden hopes to meet the presidents of the Central Asian states on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on either 19 or 20 September. This will be the first time that negotiations have been held at the level of heads of state, as opposed to foreign ministe...
By Rhod Mackenzie
US measures to restrict chip exports to China violate market rules and will lead to the fragmentation of the global semiconductor market, said Chinese commerce ministry spokesman He Yadong.
In early September, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US would be as strict...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The EU reports a sharp fall in its dependence on Russian oil and gas, but the US share of its imports has risen sharply. How does this threaten Europe?
Eurostat reports that by the end of June 2023, dependence on oil from Russia will have fallen from 29.2 per cent to 2.3 per ce...
