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, ...
Belarus has been systematically working on acceding the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for several years and is expecting to become its member in 2024. The State takes an active part in all main activities of the organization: political and diplomatic, trade and economic, cultu...
Belarus will be the first fully European state to become a full member of the SCO. This came to attention of Yuri Yarmolinsky, analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, during the round table "The uniting potential of the SCO in an emerging multipolar world", which was ...
The annual Raisina Dialogue conference has opened in New Delhi. Statements made at the opening session by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the special guest of the conference, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, indicate New Delhi's aspiration to new regions, primarily in the Medi...
The basic priority of Belarus' adjusted foreign policy is to join the SCO and BRICS, whose creative role in the formation of harmonious and fair international relations is multiplying, which is publicly admitted not only by supporters, but also by opponents. The SCO and BRICS, with thei...