Central Asia: Pivot Region Of Global Geopolitics
April 2nd, 2012
Via Al Jazeera, some commentary on Central Asia: Dubbed as the “pivot region” of world politics, the five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have collectively gained an immense strategic importance over the last two decades, thanks to their geography and vast deposits of natural resources including gold, gas, oil and […]
Read more »U.S. and China Press for Influence in Myanmar
March 31st, 2012
Via The New York Times, a report on how the US and China are angling for influence in Myanmar: As Chinese workers in hard hats and red overalls bulldoze deep trenches into the orange soil across northern Myanmar for gas and oil pipelines to China, China’s largest energy conglomerate is paying cash for land and […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Economic Future: South Korea Or Nigeria?
March 31st, 2012
Via The Myanmar Times, a look at Myanmar’s economic future: AS Myanmar embarks on an unprecedented opening up of its economy to Western investors and multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, the country stands at a crossroads in terms of its future economic policy choices and national economic development trajectory. Such choices may well set Myanmar […]
Read more »Myanmar: Follow The Money
March 29th, 2012
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at Myanmar’s currency reforms: Most Burma watchers will rightly have their eyes fixed on this Sunday’s much-anticipated by-elections and the prospect of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi entering parliament. However, others will be crunching the numbers after the government announced significant currency reforms to come into force the […]
Read more »How Mozambique Could Shake Up Putin’s World
March 29th, 2012
Courtesy of The Oil and The Glory, an article on Mozambique’s gas potential that may shake up the energy and geopolitical equation in a line stretching from Europe into Asia: Among the news from East Africa the last two days: Italy’s ENI raised its estimated natural gas reserves in Mozambique to the oil equivalent of […]
Read more »Myanmar: Liberating Asia
March 21st, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR, a look at how Myanmar’s ongoing liberalization and its normalization of relations with the outside world have the possibility of profoundly affecting geopolitics in Asia — and all for the better. As the article notes: “…Geographically, Myanmar dominates the Bay of Bengal. It is where the spheres of influence of China and […]
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