Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while simultaneously cultivating stronger commercial...
Tag - BRICS
As the recent ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad proves, no autocracy is permanent—and that includes the regime of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In late...
The BRICS summit in Kazan is missing one important potential member: Kazakhstan. For Vladimir Putin, it’s a geopolitical setback that Russia’s historical...
We should expect more Russian grain politicking throughout and after this summer and autumn harvest season, most likely supported by states apathetic to or aligned with...
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has undertaken a series of bold reforms and measures aimed at distancing...
The collective West must close ranks to enforce a uniform travel ban and more stringent banking restrictions on Russia’s entire citizenry. Doing so will serve as a...
A pro-Russian junior partner in Serbia’s government has proposed the country join BRICS—amid that organisation’s enlargement—instead of the European Union. As of now...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter. Russia’s war on Ukraine Ukraine on Thursday marked its second Independence Day...
Western-led efforts to court the world’s largest democracy will not fly so long as dictates are imposed on New Delhi with imperialist undertones. As a founding member of...
Reports that big increases in wages are threatening jobs in emerging Europe have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the region needs a pay rise.