Throughout the 20th century, strategic wisdom dictated to US statesmen never to allow the world's island - namely, the Eurasian continent - to be dominated by one hegemonic power, or a single alliance. This logic brought the US into the World War II. Germany was then seeking the...more

When the US vowed to return to multilateralism and try to fix its alliance by stressing values of "democracy and human rights" and forming cliques to confront other countries that reject US hegemony, China and Russia have stood up to break the silence and provide their definition of...more

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started a two-day trip to China on Monday, days after senior Chinese and US officials clashed openly during a bilateral meeting, a major topic in talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is how to counter US sanctions --...more

On September 19, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with the Japanese publication Nikkei Asia Review that Russia will not join a US coalition against China or others. This is not the first time that Moscow has rejected an anti-China coalition. As early...more

Editor's Notes: Relations between China and the US have hit the lowest point in 40 years amid US efforts to contain China's rise. Some scholars voiced concern there is an ongoing new cold war between China and the US comparable to the 20th century hostilities between the US and...more

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is confronting the most severe challenge in his 26 years in power. The opposition forces, which accused him of winning the presidential election through fraud, have won the support of at least part of the public in Belarus' capital Minsk. The anti-government demonstrations have...more

The Chinese Embassy in Russia said early on Wednesday that China-Russia land border crossings will remain closed until further notice. This came after some media quoted Russian officials to have said that China-Russia land border checkpoints would be reopened before September 1. The media reports are not correct,...more

The US has created quite a farce on world stage regarding arms control lately. During its nuclear arms control talks with Russia in Vienna in June, the US delegation put out non-standard Chinese flags on the negotiating tables. Fu Cong, head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of...more

The sudden deterioration of US-China relations to the level of confrontation is perhaps the most important geopolitical development that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. It appears that a point of no return has been reached. What started as a trade war and a conflict over intellectual property rights...more

Although India may be using the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to hamper the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its impact will be limited. Container Corporation of India Ltd. (Concor), an Indian state-owned company, on February 25 signed a service agreement with Russian Railways Logistics Joint Stock...more

Beijing. China and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Shanghai on Tuesday to deepen financial cooperation and push for direct trading between the yuan and the ruble, a move in line with both countries' demand for diversifying reserve assets and reducing dollar reliance amid rising global...more

Shortly before the 11th BRICS summit in Brazilian capital Brasilia on Wednesday and Thursday, Bloomberg published an article - "BRICS Is About Geopolitics, Not Economics," saying "The acronym no longer makes much financial sense. But the idea is more politically relevant than ever." Such a view does not...more

The 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is approaching, but we can guess what will be discussed among leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. They are expected to offer their ideas on upholding the multipolar world order and challenge Western dominance and...more

Beijing. An alternative to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) global payment system, which is being drawn up by China, Russia and India, has a fair chance to end the dominance of the US dollar in the global financial sector, Chinese analysts said Tuesday. Russian news...more

China, the world's biggest oil importer, should follow the lead of Russia and switch to the euro from the US dollar for its oil and natural gas contracts. Rosneft, Russia's top crude oil producer, has reportedly set the euro as the default currency for its oil product sales....more