China’s BeiDou: New GPS-Enabled Dimensions of Great Power Competition
August 10th, 2023
Via GPSWorld, an article on the strategic and economic impact of China’s BeiDou GNSS service: China’s BeiDou GNSS is newer, has more features, is more accurate, and has more satellites in the [...]
Egypt: Promises of Prosperity Have Made The Country Flat Broke
August 10th, 2023 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on how the coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke: Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the [...]
August 10th, 2023 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on how the coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke: Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the [...]
On Track: Uganda Revives Colonial-Era Railway After Chinese Funds Fall Through
August 10th, 2023 Uganda’s government is revamping a 400-kilometer old railway line between Tororo in eastern Uganda, near the border with Kenya, and Gulu in the north, near South Sudan. The revamp, set to cost [...]
August 10th, 2023 Uganda’s government is revamping a 400-kilometer old railway line between Tororo in eastern Uganda, near the border with Kenya, and Gulu in the north, near South Sudan. The revamp, set to cost [...]
CPEC In The Shadow Of Balochistan’s Insurgency
August 10th, 2023 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the persistent security issues that overhang CPEC’s success: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative aims to link China and Pakistan by oil and [...]
August 10th, 2023 Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the persistent security issues that overhang CPEC’s success: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative aims to link China and Pakistan by oil and [...]
China’s Digital Diplomacy: Beaming Into Africa With Satellite TV
August 10th, 2023 Courtesy of The Wire China, an interesting look at StarTimes, a Chinese-owned satellite TV company, which has 25M subscribers and is now Africa’s second-largest satellite TV service after South [...]
August 10th, 2023 Courtesy of The Wire China, an interesting look at StarTimes, a Chinese-owned satellite TV company, which has 25M subscribers and is now Africa’s second-largest satellite TV service after South [...]
Africa’s Critical Minerals Could Power America’s Green Energy Transition
August 9th, 2023 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how President Biden’s IRA is shutting African countries out of supply chains for critical minerals when including them would be a strategic and [...]
August 9th, 2023 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how President Biden’s IRA is shutting African countries out of supply chains for critical minerals when including them would be a strategic and [...]