Emerging Markets
Is China Turning Economic Influence in Africa into Strategic Power?
China can leverage its membership in the BRICS group and its direct investments in Africa as complementary tools to build growing economic influence that...
Assessing Rwanda-Russian Economic Partnership
Decades after the Soviet collapse, Russia and Rwanda share an excellent, longstanding, and growing multifaceted relationship, rooted in mutually beneficial cooperation, while sustaining ambition...
Beyond Expansion: Can BRICS Convert Economic Weight into Collective Power?
Authors: Janvi Singhi and Kanav Sharma*
BRICS is moving into a more meaningful phase in its evolution. Its larger membership, considerable resources, population, and markets...
China and Egypt’s African Ambitions: How VICMED Could Advance the Belt and Road
The Chinese perspective intersects with and complements the vision of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to establish a waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to...
Structural Substitution Inflation and China’s Consumer Paradox
Data have long clearly shown that China's current sluggish consumption has become a crucial issue facing the country. One commonly recognized cause is that...
Eastern Economic Forum: Russia Bets on Asia and the Global South
The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) has been described as a successful solid platform since its creation. It increasingly attracts guests from widely different countries,...
Can BRICS Build a Payment Ecosystem Without Becoming a Financial Bloc?
The most consequential expansion of BRICS may happen without a new currency, a dramatic fall in dollar reserves, or another flag being added to...
After the Flames at Zawiya: Why Libya Needs More than Oil
The drone strike that hit a gasoline tank at the Zawiya refinery in August was more than a security incident. Zawiya is Libya's largest...
Africa’s Missing Continuum of Capital
Africa does not simply have a shortage of capital. Its deeper problem is that the capital mobilized by its financial systems does not consistently...
BRICS Pay vs. the Dollar: What the IMF’s Own Reserve Data Actually Shows
On 6 July 2026, standing in Jakarta, Narendra Modi and Indonesian officials operationalised a framework letting India and Indonesia settle bilateral trade directly in...