As BRI completes twelve years since being launched on the 7th of September, 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI ) is pivoting towards several strategic transformations in several important aspects, like the international engagements that it seeks to facilitate between its signatories. Illustration by The Geostrata Initially launched with the objective   of ensuring deeper regional integration and cooperation between China and its neighbours, the Belt and Road Initiative

The G20 Presidency was handed over to South Africa  on 1 December 2024, a historic day that highlights the growing influence of emerging developing nations on the global stage. For the first time, South Africa is hosting global leaders under the G20 summit, providing an opportunity and platform to shape responses on digital infrastructure, global governance, climate and energy transition, with the Global South being at the core of the discussion. Illustration by The Geostrat

India occupies a strikingly paradoxical position in the energy transition game. It is simultaneously among the world’s fastest-growing producers of energy and one of the most inefficient users of its own generation capacity. Over the past decade, India has expanded its renewable energy footprint at an impressive pace, diversified its thermal base and articulated ambitious climate goals in tandem with the Paris Agreement. Illustration by The Geostrata Yet, these great feats co

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