China Pledges To Invest Billions in Serbian Copper and Gold Mine
September 12th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report of a Chinese pledge to invest in Serbian gold and copper assets: China is set to pour billions into a copper and gold mine in eastern Serbia, marking another dramatic increase in investment in the Balkan country by Beijing.According to a memorandum of understanding signed over the weekend in China’s […]
Read more »The BRICS Is Not a Strategic Threat to the United States
September 12th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, commentary that the BRICS are not a strategic threat to the U.S.: Two weeks ago, the BRICS announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will join the “alliance” in 2024. Despite widespread enthusiasm in anti-Western circles, the soon-to-be 11-member economic bloc is a partnership of convenience. […]
Read more »In Myanmar, Chinese and Thai Companies Fill Economic Vacuum
September 11th, 2023
Courtesy of NikkeiAsia, a report on how – as Western businesses exit Myanmar – investments come from friendly nations such as China and Thailand: From infrastructure to consumer goods, Chinese and Thai companies have expanded in Myanmar as their countries maintain relations with the Western-sanctioned military-led government. Than Swe, Myanmar’s military-appointed deputy prime minister and foreign […]
Read more »China’s Pinglu Canal: A Game Changer or White Elephant?
September 10th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, a report on China’s efforts to widen Asean trade with first major waterway in 700 years China kicked off construction of the 135km-long (84-mile), 72.7 billion yuan (US$10.1 billion) Pinglu Canal in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in August It is hoped that the waterway can facilitate trade with Southeast Asian […]
Read more »BRICS’ Middle East Expansion: Towards an Interactive Regional-Global Mechanism
September 10th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, analysis of the BRICS’ Middle East expansion: BRICS’ expansion into the Middle East operates as a combination of regional and global dynamics. The expansion is not just a passive presence but rather an active and interactive process that impacts both regional and global contexts. BRICS has entered the Middle East with the […]
Read more »Iran’s New Patrons
September 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at why China and Russia are stepping up their support for Iran: Upon assuming power in 1979, Iran’s revolutionaries prided themselves on rejecting the global order. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the country’s first supreme leader, declared that his state would be “neither East nor West.” Khomeini viewed the United States as “the Great […]
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