... sells mostly raw materials and semi-finished products to the European Union, while it mostly sells high added-value goods to Russia and EAEU countries – engineering, MIC and agricultural products.
Russia is the principal investor in the Belarusian economy. Rosatom is finishing construction of the first Belarus NPP in Astravets (financed through a Russian loan of over $10 billion). The Belarusian government
estimates
that it will cut purchases of Russian gas by 5.5 billion cubic meters annually....
... Brazilian authorities. This is perhaps because the majority of Russian players on Brazilian markets have no links to government agencies and primarily target the more dynamic and innovative private sector. That said, a significant part of the Brazilian economy is publicly owned and it appears that such businesses will soon be prepared to introduce new digital technologies. This portion of the market may well be overburdened with red tape but it seems too lucrative for Russian companies to overlook. ...
... Syria’s integration into the global financial system that would presumably help transform the Syrian elite into a responsible and predictable player. While ultimately under Assad Jr. Syria embarked on the capitalist path, the progress toward the reformed economy was uneven. Many things were also backsliding under the influence from outside, of which the US invasion of Iraq became the major external factor.
The sanctions that Syria faced under the Bush administration over the perceived role of Damascus ...
... Moscow also believes that Al-Assad will not cooperate with Europe until at least some sanctions are lifted. Russians and Europeans have to engage in a more specific discussion about the impact of international sanctions on various sectors of the Syrian economy, the political dynamics in Damascus, and what the notion of “smart sanctions” might mean in the case of Syria.
Fifth. Europe does not want to extend international recognition or legitimation to the Al-Assad regime. For many in Europe, Syria ...
What does the “Deal of the Century” mean for Jordan?
The public outrage seen in the Jordanian street has been growing louder, alongside the state's failure to fight the country's rampant administrative and financial corruption. The Jordanian government has of yet been unable to reform and change the status quo, and change the momentum of increasing economic hardships, income inequality, and inefficiency.
Jordan put forth an economic transformation program in 2008, to privatize their most successful...
RIAC Working Paper No. 51/2019
RIAC Working Paper No. 51/2019
The working paper considers Russia’s geostrategic interests in the Middle East and the concept of Russia’s
return to the world stage as a great power. The paper analyses Russia’s regional interests, including the
development of trade ties, attracting investment, gaining access to the arms market and influencing oil prices.
The working paper also evaluates the increased collaboration with the local actors accompanied by Russia’s
active...
... protect their interests are rarely supported by any substantive achievements. The cost of following in the wake of American policy is very serious, though.
On the other hand, the United States risks “overstraining” and plunging the entire global economy into recession due to the escalation of the trade conflict with China, which seriously affects the world GDP’s growth rates and market stability. With the further strengthening of the Sino-American trade war, in China alone, 5.5 million jobs ...
... high expectations entrusted to the format. Despite the fact that the statements made by the Foreign Ministers (Sergey Lavrov, Sushma Swaraj, and Wang Yi) demonstrate the coordinated approach of the countries on current international security and global economy issues, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
refused
to introduce the same format of meetings for the Defense Ministers of the triangle, avoids discussing freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, and is also not going to coordinate positions ...
... Minister
confirmed
the country’s intention to “intensify” the “golden era” in the UK–China relations and announced a new ambitious UK–China educational programme of humanitarian contacts (155,000 Chinese students bring annually the UK economy approximately
₤5 billion
to the UK economy every year.)
Addressing the Parliament of the United Kingdom in November 2017, China’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom
expressed his hope
that, after Brexit, the countries would continue to build ...
... concept of the coming Asian Century, whose development and progress transcends Gagemeister’s report. During the past twenty years, China in particular has increased its absolute economic size six times over, as well as tripling its share of the global economy. And despite the Chinese government’s recent announcement that 2019 will likely see the slowing of the country’s fabled three decades of high GDP growth, its projected figure of 6 to 6.5 percent is almost double the International Monetary ...
