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BRICS reaching out to PEAKS: the next wave of expansion

... second wave of BRICS to the following emerging economies: East Asia: Indonesia as a G20 member and the largest economy in ASEAN South Asia: Pakistan as the second most significant economic power in South Asia after India Africa: Egypt as one of ... ... Argentina as one of the heavyweights in Latin America Eurasia: Kazakhstan as the second largest economy in the CIS space Middle East: Saudi Arabia as the leading economy in the Middle East The resulting grouping may be referred to as InPEAKS or ...

13.02.2023

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The Neo-NAM: From Vision to Reality

... After all, whether or not either of those superpowers politicizes their arms exports, the other will certainly take notice if any given country purchases their rival’s. This is especially true for Chinese exports to West Asia and American ones to the ASEAN states. In order to avoid inadvertently offending either of those two, the Neo-NAM’s countries might opt to purchase jointly produced Russian-Indian arms instead in order to signal that they’re truly militarily neutral states. Going Forward ...

16.12.2021

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)