... new tensions with the U.S.
The current escalation in the Middle East has been described by many as a test of influence for China. For example, the media repeatedly suggested that the United States asked China to put pressure on Iran during the latest ... ... time they intend to develop joint projects with China, as was evident, for example, in the issue of the KSA’s accession to BRICS. As Chinese experts point out, countries in the region are increasingly being drawn into the global U.S.-China
zero-sum ...
... system and economy, excessive diversification of relations is likely to harm their efficiency.
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Zhao Huasheng:
China-Russian Strategic Partnership: From Continental to Marine
The internal political crises in Pakistan and Myanmar have somewhat ... ... investment, defense and infrastructure.
As of 2022, more than
500 Chinese companies
were active in Bangladesh building roads, bridges, tunnels, power plants, and modernizing seaports. As reported by
Chinese Ambassador
to Bangladesh Li Jiming, the amount ...
US-China rivalry might lead to infrastructure development and be beneficial for the global economy
Since the beginning of 2020,... ... neglect some subtle but significant changes in the world. In November 2019, Washing, a non-member of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the China-led infrastructure project, launched its “Blue Dot Network” (
BDN
) with Australia and Japan. This project ...
Russia needs to clearly define its long-term priorities and interests within the BRI
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of the United States Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29 to discuss the resumption of trade and economic talks between the two countries. The United States also promised that it would ...
... was meant to induce a reset in ties, notwithstanding the bonhomie and geniality that was manifest, it would be risky to consider the bedevilling issues stemming from Chinese imperviousness to strident Indian criticism over the sovereignty contravening China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) component within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese refusal to allow Indian candidature of NSG membership decoupled from that of Pakistan, that is viewed and regarded as deeply and qualitatively odious, by the latter, and the nature and tenor of Chinese investments across South Asia, which has India spooked ...
The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report
Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation mechanisms and rural human capital, and knowledge sharing for instance. Any proposal of U.S.-Russia cooperation in a concrete domain will have to be made in a tri- or-multipartite...
... and 48 along African shores — representing 75% of the total. To put this figure into perspective, Asian behemoths India and China — despite their vast shorelines — recorded only 2 cases of piracy each during the study period. Russia had none. In ... ... 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 ...