Geurasia - Geopolitics and International Relations in Eurasia

07/06/2023 06:00

China, France vow to strengthen ties

China believes France will continue pursuing a rational and positive policy towards China and play a constructive role in the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations, said China's top diplomat Wang Yi during a telephone conversation with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic counselor to French President Emmanuel Macron, on Monday, Global Times reported.

06/06/2023 06:00

Tehran strengthens ties with Riyadh, Cairo

Iranian Foreign minister says there are no problems between Cairo and Tehran standing in the way of improved relations, according to Al Mayadeen. Iran has also confirmed it will reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia this week, Al Jazeera reported.

05/06/2023 06:00

BRICS open to new member states

Top diplomats from BRICS countries have called for a "rebalancing" of the global order during talks in South Africa, as the bloc seeks a larger voice in the international arena, according to TRT World.

04/06/2023 12:53

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sworn in

High-level officials from 81 countries attended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony Saturday, according to Anadolu. The president said that Türkiye will continue to increase dialogue with countries and prioritize diplomacy to ensure global peace.

01/06/2023 06:00

Diplomat: Russia reshapes world order in Africa

"The world has entered an era of powerful transformations, which have influenced inter alia, Russian-African relations," Oleg Ozerov, Russian ambassador-at-large and head of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum told Newsweek.

28/05/2023 13:18

Chinese envoy wraps up European tour in Moscow

During his last stop of European tour in Russia, China's special envoy Li Hui met with Russian senior officials and they exchanged opinions on the China-Russia relationship and discussed a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday, according to Global Times.

25/05/2023 08:30

Analyst: Multipolar world wants win-win benefits, West wants zero-sum

Multipolar organizations such as BRICS and the SCO have begun to play a greater role in the global systemic transition over the past decade, which has challenged the dominance of Western-centric ones like the G7 and NATO over international relations, Moscow-based American political analyst Andrew Korybko writes in the Global Times.

24/05/2023 21:19

Russian PM Mishustin visits China

Russia and China will stand together to repel the collective West’s attempts to maintain its global dominance, and will push back hard against such dangerous ambitions, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, TASS reported.

24/05/2023 19:32

Viktor Orbán urges closer EU China ties

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called for an immediate ceasefire in the Ukraine war and urged to EU to enhance cooperation with China, talking to Bloomberg Chief Editor John Micklethwait at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday.

23/05/2023 16:50

Saudi-Iranian reconciliation hinders development of Arab-Israeli relations

The recent rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran could bring about a significant change in Arab-Iranian relations while creating obstacles to the normalization of Arab-Israeli relations.

23/05/2023 16:24

Italy under Western pressure to leave the Belt and Road

The government of Giorgia Meloni is putting the expectations of Brussels and Washington before Italy's own interests when it considers withdrawing from the Belt and Road Initiative, according to an article by Hungarian news portal Mandiner.

22/05/2023 08:01

President Assad welcomed back to Arab League

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday attended the Arab League’s 32nd summit in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for the first time since his country’s suspension following the eruption of war in Syria in 2011, Al Jazeera reported.

21/05/2023 06:00

Why the economic war against Russia has failed

"The West embarked on its sanctions war with an exaggerated sense of its own influence around the world," British conservative magazine Spectator writes in its analysis on the sanctions against Russia.

20/05/2023 06:00

The West follows China's new engagement

In his newsletter, influential German journalist Gabor Steingart analysed China's new role in world politics and its settlement efforts in the conflict in Ukraine.

19/05/2023 22:57

Jeffrey Sachs: The geopolitical reality has fundamentally changed

World-renowned American economist Jeffrey Sachs gave an interview to the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet. The Columbia University professor was asked about the prospects for peace in Ukraine, Kiev's membership in NATO and the demise of the US-led world order.

19/05/2023 19:26

Xi chairs milestone China-Central Asia summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday hailed the new era of China-Central Asia relations and announced a slew of proposals and measures to strengthen their cooperation, as he chaired a high-profile summit in the northwestern city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Xinhua reported.