Beyond the Canal: The Real Risk of China’s Engagement in Panama
February 5th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how China’s combination of presence, influence, and compromising relationships within Panama’s elite gives it numerous opportunities to exploit. The solution is [...]
Trump Urges Trading Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals for More U.S. Aid
February 5th, 2025 Via The New York Times, commentary that Ukraine has already emphasized that by supporting its war effort, the U.S. could get access to the country’s wealth of critical minerals like lithium and [...]
February 5th, 2025 Via The New York Times, commentary that Ukraine has already emphasized that by supporting its war effort, the U.S. could get access to the country’s wealth of critical minerals like lithium and [...]
Made In Morocco: How China’s EV Battery Makers Are Powering Past Western Tariffs
February 5th, 2025 Via South China Morning Post, a report on how a Chinese-African joint venture is latest company to find way past Western trade barriers while leveraging region’s abundant battery materials: An [...]
February 5th, 2025 Via South China Morning Post, a report on how a Chinese-African joint venture is latest company to find way past Western trade barriers while leveraging region’s abundant battery materials: An [...]
North Korea’s Economic Crisis: Solutions or More Controls?
February 4th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look at how a pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention in North Korea – a comprehensive plan to regulate [...]
February 4th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look at how a pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention in North Korea – a comprehensive plan to regulate [...]
Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund ADQ, Orion Team up to Invest $1.2 bln in Metals, Mining
February 4th, 2025 Via Reuters, an article on a new collaboration between ADQ around minerals: Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has teamed up with Orion Resource Partners to form a joint venture that will invest in [...]
February 4th, 2025 Via Reuters, an article on a new collaboration between ADQ around minerals: Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has teamed up with Orion Resource Partners to form a joint venture that will invest in [...]
The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and the Limits of China’s BRI Agency
February 4th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a report on how CMEC and other Chinese business activities in Myanmar show how exposed China is to escalating conflict risks, and offer insight to the role it is playing in the [...]
February 4th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a report on how CMEC and other Chinese business activities in Myanmar show how exposed China is to escalating conflict risks, and offer insight to the role it is playing in the [...]