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By Evgeniya Makhmutova

In May 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has announced the country’s readiness to launch an international transit corridor to Iran, Iraq and Turkey as part of the major East-West international transport corridor (ITC). According to the Turkmen leader, Tur...

By Dr Nadia Helmy

China has planned a huge project within the framework of its Belt and Road initiative to curb US influence in Latin America through the state of Colombia. This Chinese project aims to link the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Colombia and Latin America to counter and limit the grow...

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan

BRICS is a formal alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Its upcoming Summit is scheduled to be held on 22-24 August in Johannesburg, South Arica. BRICS host South Africa has invited 69 countries to attend the upcoming summit. The invitation has...

By Evgeny Zainullin

The stocks of Russian metal in the warehouses of the LME have increased against the backdrop of the growth in storage of metals from other countries. Thus, stocks of Chinese and Chilean copper rose sharply in July. The basis of reserves is Russian aluminum, the volume of which...

By Robert Gore

Banging one’s head against the wall is not a wise strategy.

Russia and China head an alliance that poses the first direct challenge to the American empire since its inception at the end of World War II. Their strategy has been to follow Napoleon’s advice—not interrupting the U.S....

By Zhao Juecheng

Ahead of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) to be held later this year in China, some foreign media have been consistently badmouthing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), claiming that certain leaders of developed countries will not attend the forum, b...