Myanmar’s Balancing Act
December 2nd, 2011
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of the geopolitical significance of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s three-day visit to Myanmar, which represents a major step in the United States’ re-engagement in Asia and furthers Washington’s plan to counterbalance China’s regional strategy. As the report notes: “…U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is […]
Read more »Malaysia’s Petronas Bidding For Onshore Myanmar Field
December 1st, 2011
Via Reuters, a report that Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas has put in a bid for an onshore energy field in Myanmar. As the article notes: “…At the moment in Myanmar we are only offshore and the business has been quite good,” Wee [Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production Wee Yiaw Hin] told reporters […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Spring
December 1st, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an article on what it says is the real reason behind Hillary Clinton’s visit to Myanmar: China. As the report notes: “…Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Myanmar, on a trip that is being hailed as a stunning breakthrough in bilateral relations and a sign that the Southeast Asian pariah state […]
Read more »Myanmar: Pivot Point Of China’s Grand Economic Strategy For Western China
November 29th, 2011
Courtesy of the Global Times, a look at the impact that the United States’ recent efforts to engage Myanmar may have upon China’s long-term strategic interest in the country: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Myanmar, starting today, will further unnerve China, which has recently been increasingly worried that the aim of the […]
Read more »Indian Consortium Wins $10bn Afghanistan Mines Deal
November 29th, 2011
Via the BBC, a report that a consortium of Indian companies has won the right to develop some of Afghanistan’s large iron ore deposits. As the article notes: “Seven Indian companies, led by the state-owned Steel Authority of India, won a $10.3bn (£6.6bn) deal to mine three sites in central Afghanistan. A fourth site was […]
Read more »Welcome To North Korea…
November 20th, 2011
Courtesy of Michael Totten and PJMedia, an interesting look at North Korea: I would love to visit North Korea and write about it, but I can’t. Journalists are almost never allowed into the country. I would need to be one of the lucky few who are given a visa or I’ll have to wait for […]
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