EU Project to Counter BRI Completed First Year in Disappointment
January 10th, 2023
Via China-US Focus, an article on the West’s efforts to counter China’s BRI: The Geo-Economics Battle The race of geopolitical strategies based on infrastructural development abroad is a part of the new great powers rivalry. The so-called geo-economics contest (Luttwak) is the new global battle, a competition through commerce for getting economic advantages at the […]
Read more »With China’s Help, Nepal Chips Away at Its India-lockedness
January 10th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report that China has begun a feasibility study to build a railway line linking Kathmandu with Kerung in the Tibet Autonomous Region: On December 27, a team of Chinese experts landed in Nepal to conduct the feasibility study of the Kathmandu-Kerung (Geelong) railway. On the same day, China opened the Rasuwagadhi […]
Read more »Somaliland: Has Genel Energy Discovered Oil in Salaxley?
January 10th, 2023
Via Oil News Kenya, an article on Days after a war of words over the legality of Genel’s Energy license to explore in Somaliland one of the seven Federal Member States of Somalia (though largely autonomous with little or no control from Mogadishu) there are mixed messages by the regions Ministry of Energy and Minerals […]
Read more »Lagos Gets A New Elevated Rail Network
January 10th, 2023
Via Quartz, a report that the first phase of Lagos’ new elevated rail system has been commissioned and testing will now begin ahead of operations that will transport 250,000 passengers daily: The first phase of a light rail system that is set to transform commuting in Nigeria’s economic capital, has been commissioned. The Blue Line […]
Read more »India Approves $2.3B To Become Global Green Hydrogen Hub
January 7th, 2023
Via Renewable Energy World, a report that India has approved $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen: The government has approved $2.3 billion to support the production, use, and export of green hydrogen, aiming to make India a global hub for the nascent industry. The funding, announced late Wednesday, is a first step toward establishing the capacity to make […]
Read more »Calls For A South-North Energy Axis Between Europe and Africa
January 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on growing calls for a south-north energy axis between Europe and Africa: The chief executive of one of Europe’s biggest oil and gas companies has said the EU should look to Africa rather than the US as it seeks to replace Russian energy imports. Claudio Descalzi, who has run […]
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