Kazakhstan: Second-Largest Oil Reserves Among Former Soviet Republics
May 6th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, a summary of Kazakhstan’s energy sources / uses: Kazakhstan is a major oil producer. The country’s estimated total petroleum and other liquids production was 1.70 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2014. The key to its continued growth in liquids production from this level will be the development of its giant Tengiz, […]
Read more »Trilateral Cooperation Between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan On The Belt and Road
May 4th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan on the Belt and Road would benefit all three states: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be a “game-changer” in South Asia. Part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative (BRI), CPEC is a $54 billion infrastructure development project that […]
Read more »China: The World’s New Colonial Power?
May 4th, 2017
Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting look at how China has built up enormous holdings in poor, resource-rich African countries: Namibia’s Walvis Bay port-expansion project, where a Chinese engineering company is reclaiming land to make a new peninsula. Every weekday before dawn, a morning migration takes place near the desert on Africa’s […]
Read more »The Central Station Of The New Silk Road Has Emerged
May 3rd, 2017
Courtesy of Forbes, a look at the Khorgos Gateway in Kazakhstan: Khorgos Gateway, a major new dry port that’s rising up from the desert in Kazakhstan’s eastern borderlands, has just taken the next step in the process of developing into the great crossroads of nations that it has been posited to become — a central […]
Read more »Georgia: The Black Sea Hub for China’s ‘Belt and Road’
May 3rd, 2017
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on some new investments (some not even involving China) that are making Georgia an attractive link between Asia and Europe: Ask anyone about the South Caucasus country of Georgia, and you’re certain to hear about its quixotic quest to join the European Union (EU) and NATO or the security […]
Read more »Turns Out North Korea’s Economy Is Actually Doing Pretty Well
May 2nd, 2017
Via Vox, a look at North Korea’s economy and how its quiet embrace of free markets has helped the country survive sanctions: Resolute in its commitment to communism and plagued by sanctions, North Korea has one of the most isolated economies in the world. And yet its economy is showing signs of expanding — potentially […]
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