A global long-term trend will be the domination of regional integration alliances over global institutions, such as the WTO. In the past few years, Russia has started to take advantage of the opportunities offered by regionalism, and so 2017 may see Russia’s foreign economic breakthrough towards a

In the middle of last month, several Chinese warships entered the Baltic Sea for the first time to participate in exercises jointly with the Russian Navy. The official purpose of the exercises was to develop interaction in order to ensure safe sea transportation along the Silk Road Economic Belt.

BEIJING: China may fine-tune macro policies around the fourth quarter to stabilise the economy and

The rising importance ofthe ESG agenda atthe corporate level necessitates atransformation inthe country-level policies that relate tocompanies and sectors, writes Valdai Club Programme DirectorYaroslav Lissovolik. Inparticular, the countries’ industrial policies geared toward boosting growth and th

Given the prominence of base effects in 2021, the longer term question about the growth trajectory of the global economy is whether the crisis period was in fact used as an opportunity to revamp and adapt the economic system to the new realities of the Covid era, writes Valdai Club Programme Directo

In spite of the raging pandemic, the year 2021 would have posted strong gains if it were not for the escalation in geopolitical risks associated with Russia’s stand-off with Ukraine. This sharp increase in geopolitical uncertainty erased a significant part of the earlier gains posted in Russia’s st

SHANGHAI: The most important word that has emerged from this year’s Central Economic Work Conference is “ stability ”, which means the economic work in 2022 will prioritise stability while pursuing progress.... To achieve such goals, China will continue to implement proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy next year, and this has been decided at the meeting.... Why China chose to adopt such a macroeconomic policy mix and whether stable growth can be better guaranteed in 2022 are mat

PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Azam Baki had informed his bosses about the shares transactions back in 2015, while maintaining that he did not see it as an issue that his brother had used his trading account to acquire the shares. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission( MACC) chief commissioner said he gave permission to his younger brother, Nasir, to use his account for the purpose. Azam said the shares were bought in the open market, adding that Nasir had financed the purchases himself.“ I allowed my br

MADRID( Reuters)-About 25, 000 people took part in the biggest illegal drinking party in Madrid since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Saturday.... Video of the party showed thousands of revellers not wearing masks or maintaining social distancing.... " It is the biggest botellon that we have seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic," a police spokesman told Reuters....

Environment Canada has issued special air quality advisories for southern Ontario and some regions