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Middle East states will benefit from SCO ties

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MIDDLE EAST

In the past 12 months, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become dialogue partners of the SCO, while Iran has become a full member.

Smaller trade surplus will keep ruble low this year

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RUSSIA

Pronounced ruble depreciation this year attests to the efficacy of sanctions in disrupting Russia’s external trade. The weaker ruble has already provoked a spike in household…

Ukraine war hurts Russian interests in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Russia has in recent years sought to increase its economic engagement with South-east Asia to circumvent Western sanctions and mitigate the risk of overdependence on China. Moscow…

Belarus will seek closer integration with Russia

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BELARUS

With both countries facing isolation from the West, Russia and Belarus are seeking to move closer together. The contact mechanisms of the Union State of Russia and Belarus are…

Geopolitics put Russia-Turkey economic ties at risk

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RUSSIA/TURKEY

In retaliation, Moscow has imposed economic sanctions on Ankara, yesterday halting the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project. Russia says it has proof that Turkish…

Ukraine war will accelerate Germany’s shift on China

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GERMANY

Berlin believes China has played an enabling role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the war has exposed the risks of European economic dependency on authoritarian countries…

Crimea will survive but not thrive on Moscow subsidies

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UKRAINE/RUSSIA

The Russian government has clamped down on dissent while injecting large subsidies into Crimea since seizing the territory in 2014. The costs of this financial support have…

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2019.

Iran’s SCO inclusion will bring limited security gains

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IRAN

SCO membership will be Tehran’s first experience of a regional defence-security organisation since it withdrew from the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) in 1979. Iran’s defence…

Unity on Ukraine is at risk in EU’s eastern members

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EU

Most eastern EU societies continue to support Ukraine in its fight for independence, back Western sanctions, the EU and NATO, and view Russia as a security threat, according to a…