Russia's Pivot To Asia: Issue 50

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation holds its annual Heads of State meetings in China from Sunday, we provide a thorough demographic analysis of the organisation, and what to expect. We also have updates on the structural changes in Russia-China trade, and news of Rosatom’s nuclear power component procurement plans in China, the integrating of Russia’s digital transport systems with China, changing Chinese investment trends into Russia and about China increasing its purchases of Russia oil. Elsewhere we look at important energy developments in Afghanistan and Mongolia, examine Russia’s own version of the BRI in the Caucasus, and discuss why Iran is set to outperform the entire EU in its coming trade and LNG imports from Russia. Geopolitics has shifted supply chains east. We also comment on both India and Venezuela moving closer to the BRICS in the fallout from US President Trump’s planned import tariffs. ​ With best regards; Russia’s Pivot To Asia