Global South: Gold-backed currencies to replace the US dollar

The adoption of commodity-backed currencies by the Global South could upend the US dollar’s dominance and level the playing field in international trade.

Eurasia’s Middle Corridor: An Atlanticist frenzy to stifle Europe-Asia integration

Geopolitical interests between the Anglo-American establishment and the Sino-Russian-led axis will clash over the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.

Can Iran push Russia to action in the South Caucasus?

Moscow and Tehran’s mutual ally, Armenia, is feeling the pressure of NATO-backed Azerbaijan’s assault on its sovereignty. It is in both countries' geopolitical and security interests not to allow Yerevan to fall

India-Russia-Iran: Eurasia’s new transportation powerhouses

No longer just an 'alternative route' on a drawing board, the International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is paying dividends in a time of global crisis. And Moscow, Tehran and New Delhi are now leading players in the Eurasian competition for transportation routes.

In Eurasia, the War of Economic Corridors is in full swing

Mega Eurasian organizations and their respective projects are now converging at record speed, with one global pole way ahead of the other.

Iran in South Caucasus: Turning losses into wins

Determined not to be cut out of the South Caucasus, Iran is forging strategic ties with both Baku and Yerevan

Iran announces completion of transport of Russian goods to India through INSTC

The International North-South Transport Corridor is expected to help Iran boost its economy and withstand US economic sanctions

St. Petersburg sets the stage for the War of Economic Corridors

In St. Petersburg, the world's new powers gather to upend the US-concocted “rules-based order” and reconnect the globe their way

The Iran-Azerbaijan standoff is a contest for the region’s transportation corridors

Sides are forming around the Iran vs Azerbaijan squabble. But this fight is not about ethnicity, religion or tribe - it is mainly about who gets to forge the region's new transportation routes.

Islamabad welcomes Afghanistan’s entry into the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Pakistani officials have also pushed for Taliban officials to be invited to future regional gatherings on matters of security and cooperation

Iran to increase cargo transit between Russia and India to record high

Iran's contribution to the INSTC will reduce transit costs by 30 percent and lower transportation time to just 25 days

Iranian and Russian presidents hold talks at SCO summit

Iran and Russia have recently deepened cooperation in order to bypass western sanctions

Iran and Russia ready to drop US dollar in bilateral trade: Kremlin

President Ebrahim Raisi and Vladimir Putin have moved to increase cooperation in order to overcome unilateral US sanctions

Iran-Russia interbank agreement soon to be implemented, official announces

The pursuit of inter-banking agreements comes amid efforts by Tehran and Moscow to strengthen their economies and bypass western sanctions

Juggling grenades: To contain China, the US will ignore Russia in India

Divergent policies on Moscow will not get in the way of Indo-US efforts to counter Beijing’s regional influence.

The Iran-Azerbaijan gas swap deal: Has Tehran’s tough posturing paid off?

The Turkish-supported gas swap deal is not so much a capitulation as a calculated concession from Azerbaijan, which now acknowledges its relationship with Israel as an Iranian red line.

From Panjshir to Baku: Iran’s search for a new hard-power strategy in Eurasia

Iran may be a late comer to Caucasus geopolitics, but it plans to deliver a powerful opening gambit with some new allies in its corner

UAE, India discuss settling non-oil trade in rupees: Report

China also considered settling non-oil trade in local currencies that do not include the dollar

Iran to receive Russian Su-35s ‘soon’: Official

Tehran has not acquired any new military aircraft since it purchased Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum jets in the 1990s

By the numbers: The de-dollarization of global trade

Data suggests that US dollar reserves in central banks are dwindling, as is the influence of the US on the world economy. This presents a unique opportunity for regional currencies and alternative payment systems to enter the vacuum.

Russia and its national Arctic passage: Pushing trade frontiers eastward

Ice-free Arctic routes created by climate change have opened up the first new global shipping route in a century. The Russian-developed water passage is bound to disrupt the lengthier Atlantic-centric routes for global commerce.

Predictions for 2023? Annus horribilis with some surprising upsides

The Cradle's writers offer up their predictions for 2023. The common theme is massive global shifts, some good, some bad.

Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023

As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South.

Ghajar: The flashpoint town between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel 

The Syrian-Lebanese town of Ghajar, occupied by Israel since 1967, is fixed at the center of a regional geopolitical confrontation.

Iran will receive dozens of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets

Experts say US sanctions failed to reach their ultimate objective of forcing Iran into major political and military concessions

Major Russian bank introduces transaction service with Iran

Lately, Iran and Russia have been stepping up banking and trade cooperation in an effort to confront an aggressive western sanction policy

Russia to provide Pakistan with wheat, oil

A source from Pakistan's ministry of energy revealed that Russia could provide 100,000 bpd of crude oil

Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism

The historic China-Arab Summit currently underway in Riyadh symbolizes the emerging Eurasianism in the Persian Gulf.

US bargains over Iran’s unrest

The US has voiced willingness to end support for Iran's protest movement if Tehran stops selling drones to Moscow and makes concessions on its nuclear program.

‘Not a choice, but necessity:’ Iran, India recalibrating ties amid geopolitical shifts

Following a drop in trade brought on by US sanctions, New Delhi and Tehran - boosted by their mutual strong relations with Moscow - are set to revamp ties in a new era of Eurasian multipolarity.