On March 11, 2025, accepting credentials from the newly arrived Indian Ambassador Ashok Kumar, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko reiterated Minsk's aspiration to reach a strategic level of bilateral relations with New Delhi, emphasizing their long-standing friendly nature.
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With its participation in the SCO and BRICS, Belarus has gained advantages for geopolitical maneuvering. You must agree that nowadays the freedom of geopolitical maneuver for such a medium-sized country as Belarus is already quite a lot.
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1. In the context of geopolitical restructuring at the level of geopolitics and geo-economics, experts identify the following key trends:
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New quality productive forces (hereinafter referred to as NQPF) harmoniously complement the strategy of global sustainable development. They contribute to balanced economic growth by increasing the efficiency of production facilities through their technological modernization, social sta...
Yuri Yarmolinsky, BISR Analyst, Head of the SCO and BRICS Research Center
On October 16, 2024, the Republic of Belarusin for the first time participated in the 23rd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government in Islamabad at the level of Prime ...
An analysis of media and expert assessments of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's European tour to Poland and Ukraine (previously to Italy, Russia and Austria) allows us to draw certain conclusions, as well as highlight a number of notable trends. This subject is being discussed quit...
The Central Asian countries continue to balance the interests of major players, pragmatically extracting maximum benefits from the emerging realities. The recently held in Astana sixth Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia inspired once again to pay attention to this ri...
As the outgoing international order becomes chaotic, the voice of the Global Southeast countries is sounding more ambitious and loud, which was confirmed last Saturday by the 3rd Voice of Global South Summit, traditionally convened by India. Although our country geographically does not ...
Reflecting three years ago on the choice of a name for his project and focusing on the historiographical term "The Great Game in Asia 2.0", Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) Yuri Yarmolinsky faced considerable irony abo...
In July, Belarus became the tenth member of the SCO (along with India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), having methodically and responsibly completed almost 15 years of accession. In 2023, the member states accounted for 70.4% of the tot...
The Astana SCO summit was marked by a curious trend of shifting emphasis to the economy. Of the 25 signed cooperation documents, six relate to this area in one way or another. The main ones include decisions on approving the Action Plan to implement the Economic Development Strategy for...
Fewer and fewer people in the world are putting in question the fact that the center of world progress is shifting from the collective West to the Global East and South. This, in particular, is eloquently evidenced by the growth rates of many Asian economies following the 2023 results, ...