Russia's Pivot To Asia: Issue 45

Amongst all the US tariffs and sanctions noise this week, there have been significant diplomatic and geopolitical developments affecting Russia and the overall Eurasian and Asian regions. These have been due to important summits being held involving ASEAN, the East Asia Forum, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, as well as Ministerial meetings involving China, India, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and several other Asian countries. These will have far longer-lasting repercussions than Trump’s ’50-day’ sanctions window and are key to understanding the reorganisation of the global world order. Important developments concerning global gold and oil trading and standards have also been announced. Scroll down for the specifics.​ With best regards; Russia’s Pivot To Asia