... 1990s, Russia abandoned a one-sided orientation towards the West. While maintaining a full-fledged political dialogue, Moscow began strengthening its ties with various players across Eurasia and went to great lengths to promote interaction within the Russia-India-China triangle, which later became the backbone of BRICS+. The territorial dispute with China was settled, and a new Russian-Chinese treaty was signed. One of the world’s longest borders underwent sweeping demilitarisation. China became a key trading partner. Russia rapidly restored key areas of cooperation ...
... the ASEAN countries. In this context, Vietnam adheres to the balancing strategy and pursues cooperation with all priority partners.
Russian experts indicated Russia’s readiness to deepen relations with Vietnam both in the bilateral format and within BRICS+, the EAEU+ and the SCO+. According to them, Vietnam could claim to become a party in the Russia–China–Vietnam triangle in Eurasia. In addition, Moscow and Hanoi can develop partnership in ensuring the energy, food and financial security of the region, that allows Vietnam to diversify economic ties, and Russia to develop the concept of the Greater ...
... works. But countries with no security obligations to the US have reacted differently. They reject being treated as clients, especially when it all comes down to money flowing to America.
Hence the surprise in Washington when so many states line up for BRICS+ or SCO+. They are not necessarily embracing Russia or China unconditionally; they are signaling their refusal to live by rules drawn elsewhere.
Russia’s place
Against this backdrop, Russia finds itself not marginalized but central. Western isolation efforts only underscored Moscow’s role as a key pole ...
... spotlighted the group’s growing influence
SFC Correspondent Zheng Qingting, Intern Fan Shuqing in Beijing
The recent BRICS Summit in Brazil has spotlighted the group’s growing influence. Speaking to SFC, Andrey Kortunov, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council, described BRICS as a “global laboratory” for innovative cooperation, with China playing a pivotal role.
Kortunov highlighted the group’s shift from political rhetoric to practical initiatives, such as integrating payment systems and tackling energy and food security challenges. China’s technological and financial ...
... with traditional economists' cautious, data-driven approach. As tariff wars and economic stagnation expose the limits of old models, NAME's focus on grassroots prosperity offers a compelling alternative.
BRICS: The Emerging Powerhouse Under NAME
The BRICS bloc—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, and Indonesia following expansion—represents a seismic shift in global economic power. These nations account for over 40% of the world's population, 37% of global GDP, and significant commodity ...
... various dimensions of bilateral relations and more general recent international developments. One could note that this will be the first trip of Xi to Moscow since March of 2023, when he came to the Russian capital shortly after securing a third term as China’s leader. Half a year ago, President XI attended the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan, but the summit was a multilateral gathering rather than a bilateral summit meeting.
The formal reason for the forthcoming state visit is to pay respect for the Soviet contribution to the defeat of Nazism in the Second World War. The ...
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resurgence
of interest in nuclear power, primarily in the Global South.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Future Belongs to Inclusive Groups Like BRICS
In this article, the conventional concept of the Global South
refers
to countries in Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia (including China and India, but excluding the post-Soviet states and OECD nations). From an energy perspective, the countries in this group ... ... considerable advantages, as they significantly
reduce
construction and payback periods while increasing investment attractiveness.
Russia — India Relations in Broader Geopolitical Context. RIAC and Synergia Foundation Report
Unlike solar and wind power, NPPs ...
... would gladly or quickly give up a well-paid post in Brussels?
The great uncertainty at the moment is whether the US will become part of the new multi-polar and multi-regional world with its other centers of power, especially the Global South and the BRICS states, Russia and China, or whether it will adopt a confrontational course, intensify its trade war with China and become isolated. It’s a very open question.
The EU would have had a bad hand even if Kamala Harris had been elected. Voters were concerned about the US ...
... economic ties between Pakistan and China. Russia's potential involvement in the BRI can extend these benefits to a broader regional context, linking Eurasia through infrastructure, trade and energy projects that span from Moscow to Islamabad.
Moreover, the BRICS grouping, which brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, offers another avenue for Russia–Pakistan cooperation. While India is a member of BRICS, Russia and Pakistan can still find common ground within this framework to address global ...
... Americans are also seeking to cultivate India, as a pivotal great power, within the Quad group. All these multiple arrangements are completely dominated by the US and are aimed at containing and deterring Washington’s designated primary adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea – with one overriding goal of defending America’s hegemonic position.
In contrast to that, neither BRICS nor the SCO is dominated by a single power, or a tandem/triumvirate of nations. BRICS’s recent expansion also suggests that it does not aspire to become a version of the West’s G7, as an elitist steering group, or directoire, for the non-Western ...
