Turkmenistan: Potential To Alter the Russia-West Standoff
June 25th, 2015
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s potential role in altering the Russia-West standoff: On Thursday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak expressed interest in potentially increasing Russia’s natural gas imports from Turkmenistan. The same day, the Kazakh parliament ratified an agreement on the delineation of the Caspian Sea boundaries between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. While […]
Read more »North Korea: The Secrets Of Office 39
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on how a shadowy organization’s alliance with the Queensway Group is helping Pyongyang bring in cash in the face of isolation: In the middle of last year, the residents of Pyongyang began to notice a new fleet of taxis operating in the North Korean capital. With their maroon and gold […]
Read more »Guatemala’s Economic Growth Withstands Political Turmoil
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Guatemala’s economic strength: A series of corruption scandals has created political uncertainty in Guatemala. Many top officials have resigned in recent months, and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is being threatened with impeachment. However, any legal action taken against Perez Molina will not be complete until after his […]
Read more »The Grand Design Of China’s New Trade Routes
June 24th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed analysis of China’s new trade routes: Forecast Over the next several years, China will devote significant resources to the construction of Eurasian trade routes under its Belt and Road Initiative. As transit routes come online, the proportion of Chinese maritime trade passing through South China Sea chokepoints will shrink. The […]
Read more »Mozambique Seeks Increased Chinese Economic Presence
June 24th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on the latest meeting of the Mozambique-China Joint Co-operation Commission which has given a green light to increased Chinese investment in the economy of the resource-rich African country: China’s interest in resource-rich Mozambique was reiterated at the fifth Mozambique-China Joint Commission for Economic, Technical and Commercial Co-operation, held in […]
Read more »2015 Fragile States Index
June 18th, 2015
Via Foreign Policy, a look at the 2015 Fragile States index: For the second year in a row, South Sudan has been designated as the most fragile nation in the world, plagued by intensifying internal conflict that has displaced more than two million of its people. Headline-making events of the past year have spurred much […]
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