The emergence of the digital economy in the most developed countries will increase protectionism and sanctions pressure against all those who are not part of their ecosystem. Therefore, it is extremely important for Belarus and Russia to start building a digital economy to protect their...
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 ...
A response to an unfriendly step
The stable development of the Belarusian economy amid the ongoing sanctions pressure irritates and unnerves the West. According to Belstat, in January-June of this year, the Belarusian GDP grew by 5 percent against predicted 3 percent. At the same time,...
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...
Deglobalization: raw materials versus technology.
The transformation of geopolitical and geo-economic relations is gaining momentum. At the moment, everything is developing in such a way that we can confidently speak about the loss of the former influence by the conventional Western ce...
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...
Up the export arc
The President of Belarus requires bringing Belarusian products to the markets of the far arc seriously and permanently. The Head of State declared this yesterday at a meeting on the Belarusian industry development. The Belarusian leader drew attention to the fact that...
Incumbent US President Joe Biden announced on July 21 he would run for a second term. He supported the Vice President Kamala Harris candidacy. Harris said she is seeking the US Democratic presidential nomination.
Republican candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly stated it will be much e...
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...
Section "Sovereign Economic and Financial policy"
The Republic of Belarus stands for expanding cooperation in multilateral formats with traditional partners and friendly states, and strives for active interaction on international platforms. By the way, today's speech is held in the run...
The issue of launching a center for industrial tourism development on the basis of one of industrial enterprises of the republic is being worked out.
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) and the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR) are preparing a publication on ind...