Kazakhstan: Crossroads of Eurasia
February 4th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at Kazakhstan’s growing importance as a key hub for east-west commerce: In light of the geopolitical shifts caused by Russia’s pivot to the east, alongside [...]
Bill Gates-Backed Mining Company Discovers Vast Zambian Copper Deposit
February 4th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on KoBold Metals’ Zambian copper discovery, which comes as US steps up African metals push to rival China’s dominance: A mining start-up backed by [...]
February 4th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on KoBold Metals’ Zambian copper discovery, which comes as US steps up African metals push to rival China’s dominance: A mining start-up backed by [...]
Kinshasa Reviews Mining Deal With Chinese Firms To Seal Loopholes
February 4th, 2024 Via The East African, a report that the DRC is reviewing a controversial mining deal signed with China: The Congolese government says it has rectified a controversial mining deal it had signed with [...]
February 4th, 2024 Via The East African, a report that the DRC is reviewing a controversial mining deal signed with China: The Congolese government says it has rectified a controversial mining deal it had signed with [...]
Global Race For Critical Minerals: Was Ukraine Merely The Preliminary Heat?
February 4th, 2024 Via Belt and Road blog, commentary on the global race for critical minerals: In summer 2021, Ukraine and the EU Commission signed a ‘Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials and Batteries’. Thierry [...]
February 4th, 2024 Via Belt and Road blog, commentary on the global race for critical minerals: In summer 2021, Ukraine and the EU Commission signed a ‘Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials and Batteries’. Thierry [...]
India’s Quiet Push to Steal More of China’s iPhone Business
February 3rd, 2024 Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on India’s efforts to win more iPhone business from China: India is quietly grabbing from China more manufacturing of Apple’s iPhones and other [...]
February 3rd, 2024 Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on India’s efforts to win more iPhone business from China: India is quietly grabbing from China more manufacturing of Apple’s iPhones and other [...]
New Scamble for Africa
February 3rd, 2024 Via the Belt and Road Blog, commentary on Africa, China, geopolitics, and the Global South: This January, the foreign ministers of China and the USA went on a tour of Africa in quick succession. US [...]
February 3rd, 2024 Via the Belt and Road Blog, commentary on Africa, China, geopolitics, and the Global South: This January, the foreign ministers of China and the USA went on a tour of Africa in quick succession. US [...]