... is not success—it is a monumental failure. Abandoning a national citizenry unable to compete in the global age is political betrayal.
Failure to identify, categorize, and digitize high-potential SMEs is economic malpractice.
Study urgently how fast China, India, and BRICS nations are mobilizing around SMEs, while the West sleeps. Observe, how the United States became the first ever largest and longest most successful economy in the world on such understanding. Where did we all go so wrong for so long.
The National ...
... 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 ...
... in fact rules made by the powerful to defend and perpetuate power politics. As many Chinese scholars have noticed, this liberal world order is a threat to China’s one-party political governance system and economic rise and that is the reason that China views this as a thinly veiled containment policy. [
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Alexandra Morozkina:
OECD Unable, BRICS Unwilling: Can the International Development Assistance System Change?
This power struggle between the previously dominant and the currently rising powers has led to a fragmented Indo-Pacific region as it has become a hotbed of this power rivalry....
... 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 ...
... prioritize economic and social interactions, involving non-state actors and civil society more deeply than before. As Western nations lean toward isolationism, China’s commitment to interconnectedness will shape a more equitable global order. For BRICS, and the world, China’s vision and execution will be decisive in turning ambitious roadmaps into reality.
BRICS: The "Global Laboratory" for innovative cooperation
SFC Markets and Finance: Let's kick things off with your comment on this year's BRICS Summit....
... markets. Javed envisions, "India's startups can lead BRICS into the digital age." NAME could upskill millions, bridging the informal sector to global trade.
China: The Scale Sovereign
China's manufacturing scale and infrastructure mastery anchor BRICS. "SMEs are China's next dragons—NAME unleashes them," Javed asserts. By digitizing small firms and reskilling workers, China could pivot from mass production to innovation, driving intra-BRICS trade to new heights.
South Africa: The Gateway Prize
South Africa's ...
... 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 ...
... mainly in the developing world, put plans for new nuclear power projects on indefinite hold. Recently, there has been a
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 are primarily interested in ensuring a stable energy supply as well as energy security and, as a consequence, achieving high ...
... 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 ...
... in total investments. This will bring greater benefits to these countries, including advancing the internationalization of their currencies and enhancing their status and influence in global financial markets.
Economic and Trade Cooperation Between China and BRICS Countries
As the country with the largest economy among BRICS member states, China has continuously deepened cooperation with its BRICS partners, promoting cooperation among BRICS countries to a broader scope and a deeper level. According to data ...
