Yuri Yarmolinsky, Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), Head of the SCO and BRICS Research Center, shared his impressions of participating in the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foru...
On 21-22 May 2025, New Delhi hosts the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum under the presidency of the Indian Council of World Affairs. We asked the head of the Belarusian delegation, Vitaly Stakhovsky, Deputy Director of the Belarusian Institut...
In July 2024, the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) officially joined the SCO Forum as a National Research Center. In this capacity, accompanied by inspiration and attitude, we are preparing to participate in the 20th anniversary Forum Meeting to be held in New Delhi on ...
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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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 ...
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...
Report at the XIX meeting of the SCO Forum, Tashkent, June 5-6, 2024
Dear colleagues! Friends!
I am very happy to welcome the participants of the XIX meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum.
I wish to thank with all my heart our friends from Uzbekistan for the ki...
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 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...