Southeast Asia

China used this year’s Boao Forum for Asia to present itself as a stabilising force in a fragmented global economy, even as analysts warned that deep structural weaknesses and geopolitical pressures c...

When the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) convened its annual summit this year, two South Caucasus countries were noticeably absent from its inner circle. Azerbaijan and Armenia, both aspiring...

When Xi Jinping addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin this week, his tone carried ambitions that stretched well beyond a Eurasian security bloc. What began in 2001 as a reg...

Amid waning U.S. influence and Moscow’s loss of control, a new player is quietly but steadily entering the geopolitics of the South Caucasus — China. Traditionally focused on its immediate neighbor...

The state visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to China from April 22 to 24, 2025, marked a significant recalibration of Baku’s foreign policy, elevating bilateral ties with Beijing to the leve...

The 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan came at a pivotal moment in global geopolitics, highlighting the bloc’s ambitions to reshape the global order while also revealing the significant challenges it faces. T...

In a grand commemoration of the 10th anniversary of its ambitious Belt and Road initiative, China signaled a shift toward a more nuanced and cooperative strategy. President Xi Jinping, addressing the....

The 15th summit of the international organization "BRICS" (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was held in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, which attracted increased attention in....

In 2023, global energy consumption returned to "pre-Covid" levels, while the growth in demand for traditional sources - oil and gas - intensified due to deficit fears in connection with international....

The US national security doctrine views China as a major adversary capable of challenging their global leadership. The failure of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought this issue into sharp focus.....

As an important step aimed at sending a signal to Russia, the G7 leaders invited Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to take part in their summit, which took place in Hiroshima on May 19-21. Zelensk...

On May 17-18, Chinese Leader Xi Jinping held the first summit of the five Central Asian countries and China, dubbed "China - Central Asia", in the northwestern city of Xi'an. The President of Kazakhst...

The two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand on September 15-16 was in the center of everyone's attention. It was attended by the leaders of 14 states of Eurasia (of...

The SCO summit in Samarkand was held on September 15-16 in an anti-Western vector, which China, Russia and Iran tried to impose on the agenda. The latter will become a full member at the next summit i...

A meeting of the heads of the participating countries, observers and partners of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being held in Samarkand for the second day.  President of Azerbaijan Ilh...

Last week the Western, and especially American press, publishes  articles that try to convince China's leader Xi Jinping of the precarious position. These are perhaps the first trial balloons thrown i...