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Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of the world’s youngest state, who has led South Sudan since its independence in 2011, arrived in Moscow on an official visit at the end of September. This visit is notable for a variety of reasons. Salva Kiir missed the Russia-Africa summit in July 2023, most likely under pressure from the US. Additionally, South Sudan, one of the least developed and least stable nations, remains something of a terra incognita for Russians, as the field of Russian African studies is rarely prepared to offer comprehensive and trustworthy knowledge on this nation. As a result, there is…

On September 8, 2023, Stratfor issued an article in which a group of authors forecasts a dismal future for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It specifically states that ASEAN’s inaction on critical problems at its most recent summit will erode the value of the Association to its members and eventually push them to align themselves with China or the US, effectively ending ASEAN’s existence. According to Stratfor, the ASEAN conference failed to achieve real progress on matters critical to ASEAN as a whole. This “failure” is allegedly so serious that the Association’s member states are forced to seek new allies.  The American think tank attributes it to the crisis in Myanmar and ASEAN…

It could be argued with great confidence that the BRICS economic alliance is increasingly gaining prestige on the world stage and more and more countries want to become its members, participating in the creation of a new world order based on multilateralism. At the same time, this alliance is increasingly expanding its activities, spreading it to all continents and areas of international finance. There have been reports that the BRICS is considering creating a new global payment system for international trade, which would be an alternative to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)…