The Belt and Road Through Eurasia: Who Wins and How?
January 3rd, 2018
Via Eurasianet.org, commentary on winners and losers from the BRI: China’s Belt and Road infrastructure development initiative will have its winners and losers. But for now, Beijing is trying to [...]
PDVSA: Once A Cash Cow, Now On Verge Of Collapse
December 28th, 2017 Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed report on the demise of Venezuela’s PDVSA: A general with no energy experience has been installed as the head of the state oil company. Arrests, [...]
December 28th, 2017 Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed report on the demise of Venezuela’s PDVSA: A general with no energy experience has been installed as the head of the state oil company. Arrests, [...]
Afghanistan: A Hub For Central Asia?
December 24th, 2017 Via India’s Daily Opinion, commentary on efforts to position Afghanistan as a hub of Central Asia: South Asian economies are growing rapidly. According to the World Bank’s recent [...]
December 24th, 2017 Via India’s Daily Opinion, commentary on efforts to position Afghanistan as a hub of Central Asia: South Asian economies are growing rapidly. According to the World Bank’s recent [...]
Reuniting Afghanistan with Central Asia
December 24th, 2017 Via the Times of Central Asia, a look at efforts to reunite Afghanistan with Central Asia: In the time of the Great Game, Afghanistan was in the center of the struggle between the Russian and British [...]
December 24th, 2017 Via the Times of Central Asia, a look at efforts to reunite Afghanistan with Central Asia: In the time of the Great Game, Afghanistan was in the center of the struggle between the Russian and British [...]
Geopolitics of the Lapis Lazuli Corridor
December 24th, 2017 Via The Diplomat, a look at how the Lapis Lazuli project will advance the geopolitical aspirations of the member countries — and the US: The New Silk Road initiative of the United States came to [...]
December 24th, 2017 Via The Diplomat, a look at how the Lapis Lazuli project will advance the geopolitical aspirations of the member countries — and the US: The New Silk Road initiative of the United States came to [...]
Kabul’s Plan to Realize Afghanistan’s Geographic Dividend
December 10th, 2017 Via The Diplomat, a look at the Afghan government’s efforts to turn the country’s landlocked location into an asset: Back in 1776, Adam Smith observed that “all the inland parts” of [...]
December 10th, 2017 Via The Diplomat, a look at the Afghan government’s efforts to turn the country’s landlocked location into an asset: Back in 1776, Adam Smith observed that “all the inland parts” of [...]