Статьи

Belarusʹ pivot to Asia – an anti-crisis strategy and a tool for national security ensurance...

17 october 2022
Belarus today
The world is on the threshold of the Golden Age of Asia The Belarusian President's speech at the Sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia has already been called powerful, it contains a number of important statements. In particular, Alexander Lukashenko stressed that the time has come for Asia, and it is very important not to miss it. ...

BISR analyst on Belarusʹ accession to the SCO: this is not a panacea and not an end in itself...

16 september 2022
Belarus today
"The upcoming accession of Belarus to the SCO should be considered as the materialization of the Belarusian President's initiative "integration of integrations", which assumed the "linking" of the space from Lisbon to Vladivostok". Such opinion was expressed to sb.by reporter by BISR analyst Yuri Yarmolinsky. He noted that in the current geopolitical realities, this idea has been radi...

May has been full of significant events in the Asia-Pacific

03 june 2022
Belarus today
The Great Game in Asia 2.0: New Trends Asian tailspins of Washington It is obvious that the Biden administration is torn between maintaining influence in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) and on the European vector. ...

Global geopolitics and geo-economics keeps turning towards Asia

13 may 2022
Belarus today
The "Pivot to Asia" as a breakdown of patterns As the Ukrainian crisis escalates, global geopolitics and geo-economics keeps turning towards Asia. Although by itself this factor does not determine processes, but is a catalyst to them. In any case, what is happening should be considered as a breaking of old global architecture of the Yalta-Potsdam era and building a new one, the name ...

Western sanctions against Belarus and Russia – good opportunity for building a new economy

18 march 2022
Belarus today
The "Pivot to Asia" as a sanctions antidote Two weeks after the events in Ukraine began, a series of restrictive measures by the collective West, led by the United States, made Russia (according to Castellum.ai database) the world "leader" in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it (5.5 thousand). It is obvious to everyone: this is an economic confrontation on a planetary...

Increasing trade and economic ties with Asian countries is needed in the context of sanctions war de...

12 march 2022
Belarus today
The "Pivot to Asia" as a moment of truth The West’s collective reflection of the events in Ukraine draws a line under the 30-year era of Russia's search for its place in the western-centric world. But history teaches us that "everything passes. This too shall pass" (eternal words on the Solomon's ring). After some time, the shock, pain and other emotions will be settled and the time...

Asia should develop a diversified national infrastructure relying on local resources

23 december 2021
Belarus Segodnya
Movement on the Asian track Yuri Yarmolinsky: Asia should develop a diversified national infrastructure relying on local resources and opportunities The emerging multipolar world with an Asian dominant represents a serious challenge. In the current geopolitical turbulence, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, it is crucial for Belarus to correlate with global trends the achievem...

Qualitative expansion of the countryʹs presence in the ʺfar arcʺ markets – a pragmatic choice and a ...

11 november 2021
Belarus Segodnya
Belarus will definitely and confidently get through its "turn to Asia" It is natural and logical that the "turn to Asia" concept accompanied by BISR is attracting more and more attention from home and foreign expert communities as evidenced by the different tone of publications and other third-party interest in this discourse, which is a positive trend in itself. Although our institu...

BISR analyst: a pool of business ambassadors is needed for a national «turn to Asia»

27 july 2021
Belarus Segodnya
"It is seen everywhere that structural and substantive formalizing of the national "turn to Asia" is gradually gaining clear shapes and is approaching the tipping point. Conceptually, the basic prerequisites and parameters of such maneuver were clearly and unambiguously outlined on July 20 by the Head of State at a meeting on foreign policy current priorities: the foreign policy strat...