US Blunders Have Made Russia the Global Trade Pivot
... “butcher” by the Anglo-American media. Ultimately, industries in Asia and Europe will seek safer transit routes for their products. The inference here is inevitable: the greatest logistical undertaking in history — China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — will be highly dependent on Russian security umbrella, particularly in Central Asia. Russia also offers an alternative transit option via the Northern Sea Route , thereby avoiding any potential pan-Turkic ructions in Central Asia in the future....
14.01.2019