Pax-Sinica: Why The U.S. Should Hand Over Afghanistan And Central Asia To China
June 29th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory, a provocative piece on Afghanistan and China’s role therein: In northern Afghanistan, a potentially rich, U.S.-backed oil and gas tender is under way this week. Central to hopes for a face-saving force withdrawal in two years, the competition is part of a U.S. strategy of initiating a vibrant, self-sustaining […]
Read more »North Korea’s Growing Trade Dependency on China: Mixed Strategic Implications
June 17th, 2012
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, a report on the complex relationship between China and North Korea: North Korean workers nap on piles of fertilizer shipped from China on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju (Jacky Chen/courtesy Reuters) North Korea’s trade dependency on China has skyrocketed in the past […]
Read more »Coke To Enter Myanmar For First Time In 60 Years
June 16th, 2012
Via The Huffington Post, a report on Coke’s return to Myanmar: The Coca-Cola Co. plans to start selling its drinks in Myanmar for the first time in 60 years, following the U.S. government’s decision to suspend investment sanctions on the country for its democratic reforms. Myanmar is one of three countries where Coca-Cola doesn’t do […]
Read more »TAPI pipeline: Bigger May Not Be Better
June 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the TAPI pipeline initiative: Last month saw a major step forward for the proposed TAPI natural gas pipeline. Regarded as a perennial pipe dream by many energy analysts, many critics of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India project were silenced by the signing of a gas sales and purchase agreement between Turkmengaz, […]
Read more »China May Fund Cambodia-Vietnam Rail
June 13th, 2012
Via the Phnom Phenh Post, a report that China may fund a Cambodia-Vietnam rail line. As the article notes: Cambodia was in discussions with the Chinese government on funding for a 250-kilometre stretch of rail line between Phnom Penh and Vietnam, in what Cambodian officials yesterday called a move away from a “complicated” Asian Development […]
Read more »Pakistan / Iran Pipeline
June 11th, 2012
Via Energy Daily, a report on Pakistan’s efforts to advance a pipeline discussion with Iran: Pakistan, increasingly at odds with the United States over fighting al-Qaida, is reportedly moving forward with plans to build a 1,300-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from Iran. Iran would provide Pakistan with 750 million cubic feet of gas […]
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