China Bans Export of Core Solar Panel Technologies
February 2nd, 2023
Via The Asia Times, a report on China’s recent decision to ban export of core solar panel technologies: In a mirror image of what the United States has been doing with semiconductor lithography technology, China has recently amended its rules to ban the export of several core solar panel technologies in order to maintain its leading […]
Read more »Sudan: A Flicker of Hope?
February 2nd, 2023
Via The Wilson Center, commentary on the guarded optimism regarding democratic progress in Sudan: In December, the Sudanese military and civilian groups reached a new framework agreement. This is a victory for civilians, but Sudan’s history is marked by many military coups. Despite a tumultuous past, both sides are learning how to coexist. In the […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Meltdown
February 2nd, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on Pakistan’s economic crisis: Decades-old political economic problems in Pakistan are coming to a head. The South Asian nation needs billions of dollars in financial assistance to avoid a default at a time when its usual patrons are disinclined to bail it out. The International Monetary Fund is insisting on […]
Read more »Bulgaria and Serbia Diversify Energy Supplies
February 2nd, 2023
Via the Washington Post, an article on Bulgaria and Serbia recent construction launch of the Bulgarian part of a gas link that is designed to diversify the energy supplies of a region that until recently was almost fully dependent on natural gas deliveries from Russia: The presidents of Bulgaria and Serbia on Wednesday launched the […]
Read more »The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, 2 Years After the Coup
February 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – after some initial hesitation – China is moving CMEC ahead in tandem with Myanmar’s military rulers – at least where the situation is stable enough to do so: Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar in January 2020, the first by a Chinese president in almost 20 years, […]
Read more »Cobalt Red: How DRC’s ‘Dirty’ Mines Power ‘Clean’ Energy
February 2nd, 2023
Via NPR, a look at how ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kara, a […]
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