SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
There is mounting evidence that Apple is losing its Chinese customer base. Primarily, this pertains to the newest iPhone 15 model, which has not been selling well in this crucial foreign market. Its sales declined by 6% in September compared to the previous year, according to the...
By Rhod Mackenzie
India is under pressure due to its unwavering stance on importing oil from Russia. This was confirmed by the Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during a conference in Bhopal.
It should be noted that India has taken a resolute position to defend their right to purchase o...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In early October, Brazil significantly increased its imports of Russian diesel fuel, despite restrictions on its export being imposed by the Russian authorities. By the second half of October, Brazil had even become the largest destination for diesel fuel exports from the Russian...
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 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...
