... initiative, and so on. The sanctions imposed by the West have demolished the One World concept that they bought into at the end of the Cold War. Thus, Russia has started paying more attention to regional and subregional compacts: the BRICS group, the SCO, the EEU the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and others. Of the remaining global councils, the UN Security Council and the G20 are still considered useful.
However, whether Russia’s foreign policy will achieve its objectives at whatever level ...
... their interest in continuing with this format).
Lifting the Iranian sanctions gave Russia an opportunity to promote the inclusion of Iran in the integration associations within the Eurasian space. First, the Kremlin spoke in favor of
Iran joining the SCO
; currently, Mr. Putin
proposed
creating a Free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran. A more vigorous international economic activity became one of the principal slogans in the Russian-Azerbaijani talks, since the trade turnover ...
The meeting of the heads of states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states has been gaining momentum in recent years as a regional – and indeed global – discussion platform. This is testament to the growing potential and credibility of the organization. In the rapidly changing global environment, and amidst ...
... Affairs and post-graduate student Yury Kulintsev from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The experts discussed the current state of affairs and development prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), issues involving the linking of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) as well as the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the economic situation in the region.
Meeting with a delegation of experts from China
... Investment Bank, the SCO Interbank Consortium, the Silk Road Fund, and the BRICS Development Bank.
5) At the suggestion of China,
the development
of a roadmap for a FTA creation has been launched within SCO. Apart from the fact that the memberships of SCO and EEU intercept partly, Iran,
SCO’s future member
, and EEU have also
started the preparation
for FTA creation. Besides, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev
thinks that
not only should SCO and EEU cooperate, but they also might ...
... outcome of Vienna EEU meet Putin wants to see Iran as a hub in Eurasia and EEU is best place to allow Iranian agenda and counter USA’s influence in Iran through Iranian Nuclear Deal which was signed between Iran and USA recently. What can BRICS,SCO,AIIB,NDB and EEU together do may be a matter of analysis but an intense bond between BRICS nations and their support to NDB and SCO is going to reshape geopolitical opinion of many expert about shifting of economic, strategic and political power center to east. Whether ...