... comes from the differences in approaches and priorities in international development assistance: Egypt and Ethiopia remain exclusively aid recipients; China, India, Indonesia and South Africa are part of the South–South cooperation framework; while Russia and the Arab states are often grouped separately.
There is no consensus on the place of “new donors,” and BRICS in particular, in the international aid architecture. On the one hand, their aid volumes are still small in contrast with those ...
... through the lens of its rivalry with China. American strategic planning now sees Europe mainly as a market and an auxiliary partner, not a driver of global policy.
The Trump administration’s economic policies highlight this shift. Measures targeting Russia, for example, are often less about Moscow and more about Beijing or other major powers. Even the conflict in Ukraine, while grave, is treated by many in Washington as a pawn in broader geopolitical chess.
Consider, too, the OSCE’s diminished ...
The beginning of summer 2025 was not the calmest for Eurasia and Russian policy in this vast region
The beginning of summer 2025 was not the calmest for Eurasia and Russian policy in this vast region. The military-political crisis around Iran, if it escalates further, could significantly affect the potential for ...
The possibility of a return to extreme-era dynamics cannot be dismissed
The Ukraine conflict may well pave the way for a larger scale Russia-NATO confrontation. While hard to fathom and with everything suggesting that the scenario remains quite unlikely, it relies on nuclear deterrence as its main pillar. But just how effective can it be in averting a conflict?
US President Donald ...
We live in the realities of 2025, when increased efforts do not result in proportional damage
The European Union has introduced its 18
th
package of sanctions against Russia. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has
called
it “one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date.” It is hard to call the new measures painless, but their destructive power is clearly ...
... a state has been militarily, its opponents could defeat it militarily and even destroy it by banding together. The great empires of the past were, sooner or later, vulnerable to barbarian invasions. The European monarchies of the New Age, including Russia, even built a balance of power policy based on the principle that no one can be stronger than all the others. Now the situation is different - two countries are so much stronger than all the others in military terms, that nobody can even think ...
In the West’s eyes, Russia must be destroyed. That leaves us no choice
Many now speak of humanity’s drift towards World War III, imagining events similar to those of the 20th century. But war evolves. It will not begin with a June 1941 Barbarossa-style invasion or a ...
... provoked open defiance. Most BRICS countries remain wary of direct confrontation with the West. Yet US pressure is steadily fueling resentment, and a firmer response may come if that pressure intensifies.
Third, the rotation of the BRICS presidency from Russia to Brazil altered the rhythm of the group’s activities. For Russia, BRICS is both a practical tool for economic coordination and a political platform that bypasses Western gatekeeping. Moscow invests heavily in its BRICS role. Brazil’s focus ...
... Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai; Founder and President, ALFAAZ Education and Cultural Society, Mumbai.
Interviewer: Dr. Liudmila A. Pechishcheva. Associate professor, Senior Researcher at Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Liudmila A. Pechishcheva: Dear Dr. Shoaib Khan! I appreciate your interest in my questions on a live issue related to South Asia in the global geopolitical landscape as well as India-Russia cooperation ...
Working Paper No. 92 / 2025
Working Paper No. 92 / 2025
The following working paper examines the relationship between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It includes a detailed assessment of trade and economic ties between the two associations, identifying the key priorities and interests of EAEU member states in developing trade and economic relations with ASEAN countries. The paper also attempts to map ways in which the EAEU and ASEAN can...
