Southeast Asia
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China is strengthening its position in Central Asia’s energy sector, while Russian state-owned companies are losing ground, reflecting a deeper structural shift driven by capital availability, technol...
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Relations between Azerbaijan and China are entering a new phase in which economic interaction is increasingly intertwined with geopolitical calculations. In recent years, bilateral ties have evolved f...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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....
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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.....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...