China boosts South Pacific influence with Solomon Islands port deal
April 14th, 2023
Via Channel News Asia, an article on a recent Chinese port deal in the Solomon Islands: A state-backed Chinese company has won a contract to develop a key Solomon Islands port, a major victory in Beijing’s quest to gain a strategic toe-hold in the South Pacific. Solomon Islands’ government on Tuesday (Mar 21) announced that […]
Read more »Planting A SEED: The Horn Of Africa States’ Development Prospects
April 14th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Horn of Africa states’ economic potential: We must once again revert back to the definition of the Horn of Africa States. It is the easternmost outcrop of Africa shaped like a horn and hence the name of the region, the Horn of Africa States. It consists of the four […]
Read more »All Eyes on Chile amid Global Scramble for Lithium
April 14th, 2023
Via The Wilson Center, a look at Chile’s lithium industry: Chile’s lithium industry is at a crossroads. At stake is Chile’s future as one of the world’s leading lithium producers, and whether the Andean nation will continue to play a central role in the planet’s transition from fossil fuels to electrification. There is much debate […]
Read more »Will Sonatrach’s Hydrocarbon Discovery Make Algeria A Key Energy Partner For Europe?
April 14th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at a new energy discovery in Algeria: Following a record-breaking year in 2022, the national company Sonatrach has announced the discovery of six new deposits in the first quarter of 2023. In the midst of a global decline in production, the oil and gas boom shows no signs […]
Read more »China-Russia Cooperation in Africa and the Middle East
April 14th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how Africa and the Middle East provide conducive conditions for China and Russia to advance their shared and separate agendas: Beijing aspires to restore China’s centrality in the global system. Moscow aims to achieve Russia’s revanchist agenda at all costs. In attempting to reconfigure the international rules-based order, China’s […]
Read more »Qatar Gives China Share of Landmark Natural Gas Field
April 14th, 2023
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a recent Qatari decision to give China a share of landmark natural gas field: Chinese oil giant Sinopec on Wednesday became the first Asian firm to get a stake in Qatar’s expansion of North Field East, the Gulf country’s energy company announced. North Field contains the world’s […]
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