Eurasia News

  A t the summit held on 3-4 July 2024 in the Kazakh capital, Astana , the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) signed the " Astana Declaration , " formally approving Belarus's accession to the organisation as its tenth member state . Belarus's membership in this organisation holds a strategic geopolitical dimension, as the country borders three EU member states, as well as Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. This summit marked the inaugural meeting in the " SCO Plus " format, which includes 10 member states and 14 dialogue partner states. Dialogue partner status has been available since 2008. Guest participants at the summit included the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the United Nations, and Turkmenistan. The SCO is the successor of the Shanghai Five, established in 1996 by

  Un saggio approfondito per analizzare le complesse dinamiche che stanno ridefinendo il ruolo dell’Europa nello scenario internazionale, tra l’influenza degli Stati Uniti e le nuove opportunità offerte dall’Eurasia. Dopo il successo di “Da Putin a Putin”  è uscito un nuovo libro del direttore di  Russia News  e  Eurasia News ,  Gianfranco Vestuto :  “L’Europa tra Eurasia e Usa” ,  un vero e proprio manuale di geopolitica  come sottolinea nella prefazione il  prof.  Daniele Trabucco  (*) che dice:  "Il saggio del dott. Gianfranco Vestuto dal titolo « L’Europa tra Eurasia e Usa »  costituisce un vero e proprio manuale di geopolitica . Il testo, infatti, ha il grande pregio di mostrare come, nonostante la propaganda bellicistica della Nato, dell’Unione Europea e dell’Occidente «liberale» nei confronti della Federazione Russa, che affonda le sue radici all’indomani della caduta del muro di Berlino nel 1989 e della dissoluzione dell’Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche nel 1

  I n the fluid global order, initiatives to articulate cooperation to its best mutual outcome, as for exchange of resources and synergies are relevant more than ever. The mighty Asian triangular format of RIC (Russia – India – China) is relatively well known although underreported in scholarly and popular writings. However, the triangulation between Russia, Iran and India – absolutely underreported – is a fact and a pressing necessity, especially for Russia and Iran, the most sanctioned countries in the world. The strengthening of the International North-South Transport Corridor could implement that triangulation. The multimodal North-South corridor is 7,200 km long and makes it possible to reduce costs and times for transportation of goods, if contrasted and compared to the Suez Canal passage. According to estimates, the North-South could double the volume of goods from the current 17 to 32 million tons. Furthermore, over the past year, the reveal of the corridor has grown. So, this