SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
Despite challenges related to their public finances, the Baltic countries are committed to increasing their defence budgets several fold. Consequently, Latvia, with a public debt of almost 50% of GDP, is planning to take out a substantial loan to cover its imagined defence needs...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The BRICS countries have engaged in a series of discussions with one another, showcasing their close relationships and a shared desire to safeguard themselves from the protectionism and tariffs of Donald Trump. It has been confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be t...
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...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The US attempts to lure European industrial production have borne fruit — the German auto industry is preparing to move. Despite serious financial problems and waves of layoffs in Germany, the Vollswager owned Audi AG is negotiating the construction of a plant in the States. What...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China continues to demonstrate its not afraid of a trade conflct with the USA and is strangling the US military industrial complex by restricting the supply of rare earth metals to the US companies . The impact of this is causing particuar problems for the US defence industry,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In the context of Donald Trump's ten-day ultimatum with the threat of the imposition of secondary oil sanctions on countries buying Russia oil, some domestic US analysts may be asking themselves: what is the purpose of these sanctions, why are they being implemented, and what ar...
