Trade-geared nation is poised to benefit more than most from coming shifts to global supply chains away from China-based production By Nate Fischler As Asian nations brace for US-China trade war impacts […]
Trade war upsides abound for Vietnam
Trump is losing the trade war and blaming China
By Ken Moak US President Donald Trump boasted that he is winning the trade war, telling delegates at the recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that the US economy […]
New Silk Roads define brand China
Belt and Road Initiative is a strategic axis embodying the organizing Chinese foreign policy concept for the next three decades By Pepe Escobar The New Silk Roads symbolize way more than high-speed […]
China stakes out a role for itself in post-war Syria
As Syria’s civil war winds down, China is looking to establish itself as an economic, and possibly military, partner for the post-war period By Logan Pauley In recent weeks China has offered […]
Uncertainty over possible Saudi investment in CPEC
Beijing and Riyadh are yet to clarify whether Saudi Arabia will be involved in the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor scheme, despite statements claiming that by new ministers in Islamabad By F.M. Shakil […]
Oman plans pipeline to Iran as US sanctions loom
Muscat is moving ahead with a planned natural gas pipeline to Iran, hopeful that US sanctions to be imposed November 5 will strictly target oil By Jonathan Gorvett While recent winters have […]
Trieste aims to be China’s main port in Europe
The Chinese are keen to invest in new terminals, docks, yards, logistics platforms and industrial areas in the northern Italian port, given its deeper integration into EU rail networks than Piraeus, the […]
Massive trial run ahead of HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opening
Xi Jinping or Li Keqiang may open the new bridge and drive the new route to pay a symbolic visit to Hong Kong The countdown has begun for the long-awaited inauguration of […]
Vietnam reaches for a homegrown tech revolution
Communist planners and private players have prioritized development of indigenous social media and computing platforms to supplant Facebook and Google By David Hutt, @davidhuttjourno Nguyen Manh Hung has been acting Minister of […]
Trump’s misguided policies will displace the dollar
By Jeffrey D Sachs Back in 1965, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, then France’s minister of finance, famously called the benefits that the United States reaped from the dollar’s role as the world’s main […]
Greater Eurasia coming together in the Russian Far East
The Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok has become a crucial part of strategic integration between China, Russia and other countries in northeast Asia, a graduation assimilation set to transform the current world […]
World’s First Ultra-Cheap Printable Solar Panels Launched in Australia
By McKinley Corbley An inexpensive new kind of solar power has just been launched in Australia and it could signal the start of a groundbreaking new market for renewable energy. Professor Paul […]
Leapfrogging: How China caught up to Silicon Valley
By George Koo An upcoming book on artificial intelligence makes the startling contention that in just the last three years, China has caught up to Silicon Valley in AI. And, no, Mr […]
Putin’s visit to Merkel makes the US nervous
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This article is co-written by Ahmed Ashfaque Shahbaz and Khalid Ibn Muneer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVfqtPdq0g President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has made an official state visit to Germany…
Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out
The Communist Manifesto foresaw the predatory and polarised global capitalism of the 21st century. But Marx and Engels also showed us that we have the power to create a better world. By Yanis […]
China-India rapprochement makes sense
By Ken Moak India made a U-turn on its relations with China in April when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to reset ties. He met with Xi […]
Riding on Qatari wings, multipolarity arrives in the Middle East
The unscheduled arrival of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar’s emir, in the Turkish capital Ankara throws a new light on regional links By M.K. Bhadrakumar Trust Turkey’s Recep Erdogan to have had […]
From Baltic Sea to Black Sea, Russia aims for a win-win
A major summit featuring Germany, Russia, France and Turkey is on the way – call it an expanded Eurovision By Pepe Escobar When Russian President Vladimir Putin, fresh from his star turn […]
New Sri Lankan port may be a key link between India and China
Chinese-funded Colombo Port City likely to boost Sino-Indian relations, with promotional campaigns to woo Indian investors already under way By Munza Mushtaq With Sri Lanka enjoying new-found importance as a key element […]
Russia looks like a bargain
Despite sanctions, the country is in no serious economic trouble, and its oil stocks look attractive By David P. Goldman The Russian ruble fell sharply in overnight trading after the announcement of […]
Caspian Deal Highlights Shift in Azerbaijan
TOM LUONGO As the US/Turkish relationship deteriorates it is having spillover effects around the region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s continued defiance of US’s demands have placed Turkey in the cross-hairs of […]
US-Turkish alliance reaches the point of no return
The sense of indignation among Turks should not be underestimated, which makes this an exceptional rupture By M.K. Bhadrakumar The Turkish lira fell 22% on Friday before recovering to 17% on the […]
Taliban crosses the Rubicon with Tashkent meeting
Against the backdrop of strengthening Afghan-Uzbek ties, the Taliban pays a visit to Tashkent By M.K. Bhadrakumar The Taliban, against the backdrop of tightening Uzbek-Afghan relations, last week paid a landmark visit […]
All hands on deck: the Caspian sails towards Eurasia integration
The five states surrounding the sea – Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan – have reached difficult compromises on sovereign and exclusive rights as well as freedom of navigation By Pepe Escobar […]
