SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Ivan Timofeev.
Sanctions have caused damage and continue to distort normal market relations, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. But business continues to find alternative ways. The regime of Western sanctions against Russia is likely to continue for decades. Therefore, investi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese Sinopec Corp has already purchaed more than 30 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ahead of winter in a tender for deliveries from October 2023 to the end of 2024. The results of the tender exceeded the plans of the Chinese energy giant, which had originally plann...
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...
