The stark realities of the world descending into a vortex of sanctions and protectionism have already given rise to a number of initiatives in the developing world targeting the creation of alternative institutions and integration groupings that would to some degree provide for additional venues for

Throughout the past several months Russia’s authorities have issued a flurry of important statements on the priorities of Russia’s economic alliances in the world economy. In particular, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called for building economic alliances between the Eurasian Economic Union, m