Iran: Potential Transport Hub In Heart of Eurasia
November 1st, 2017
Courtesy of Forbes, an interesting look at Iran’s efforts to capitalize on its potential to become a transport hub in the heart of Eurasia: With most sanctions lifted, Iran is going all-in on its potential to become a transport hub in the heart of Eurasia, returning the country to its traditional position as a vital link […]
Read more »Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Rail Line
November 1st, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at how Azerbaijan, Georgia, And Turkey subverted Russia and isolated Armenia with a new railway: After many years of anticipation and delays, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) rail line has ceremoniously gone into service. Its first train just pulled out of the New Port of Baku on Monday, making its first official run across Azerbaijan […]
Read more »Ports, Pipelines, and Geopolitics: China’s New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington
October 29th, 2017
Via Time, a report on the New Silk Road: On China’s remote western frontier with Kazakhstan, yurts and camels are silhouetted against a piercing blue sky. Yet the most striking image rising from the desert is an entirely new city. Founded four years ago, Khorgos is poised to become the world’s busiest inland port, a […]
Read more »CPEC Myths And Realities
October 16th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: In Pakistan a lot is being said and talked about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While some analysts term it a mega initiative by Pakistan’s ‘time tested friend’, cynics label it ‘another East India Company in Making”. Another group says, “British Raj undertook many […]
Read more »China’s Hunger For Energy Resources Is What’s Driving The Belt And Road
October 13th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at one of the key motivations for China’s BRI: While it’s not as symbolic as a Chinese flag-brandishing freight train rolling into a European port for the first time or as sexy as transforming a squalid stretch of desert into a “new Dubai,” or building a Port City on reclaimed land, or high-speed trains between iconic European capitals, […]
Read more »Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road
October 7th, 2017
Via The American Interest, an article on Japan’s interest in China’s BRI: Is Japan warming up to Xi Jinping’s grandiose infrastructure ambitions? That is the impression conveyed by Nippon Express, the major Japanese firm that is taping into China’s Belt and Road Initiative via a joint rail project with Kazakhstan. From the Nikkei Asia Review: Nippon […]
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