September 7, 2021 will be the eight years anniversary of the establishment of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has accomplished remarkable achievements. From 2013 to 2019, China invested US$117.31 billion in BRI countries. Although the COVID-19 in 2020...
The New Silk Road, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) or One Belt One Road Initiative, was launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013. Designed with the goal of promoting Chinese geopolitical and economic ties with countries...
You don’t argue with the Tatmadaw – the Myanmar Armed Forces. It’s always their way, or the highway. Since the mid-20th century, the Chinese have come to understand it quite well. How Beijing approaches the Myanmar maze is conditioned by...
After languishing for years, the change of administration in the US and a newly-receptive Europe has meant Japan’s idea for an infrastructure investment strategy to rival China’s can finally get off the ground. But it has much catching up to...
France, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Romania recently captured the limelight when they adopted security measures for the installation of 5G technology. The potential of these new generation mobile telecommunication networks appears substantial with the additional growth of automatic applications...
Ever since the British people voted for Brexit, it has become incredibly fashionable to argue that their economy will decline while the European Union’s will power ahead. For more than five years, one economist after another lined up to predict...
An unlucky move by a 220,000 tonne ship traversing the Suez Canal has been successful where the pandemic has failed: to halt the global economy. How the incident could happen is still matter of open debate, but the reason why...
US President Donald Trump’s decision to sign off on the latest $900 billion COVID relief bill has the stock market soaring. Ordinary Americans? Not so much, considering they will now get $600 checks instead of the $2,000 checks Trump was...
Saudi Arabia is the first G20 member to announce significant budget cuts, despite a pandemic that is far from being over. As the world’s largest oil exporter, Riyadh’s decision has far-reaching impacts beyond the Gulf region. Even as many other...
In a new blow to Turkey’s power in Libya, the interior minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) Fathi Bashagha has imposed a travel ban on Libyan Central Bank Governor Sadik Al-Kabir. Why Did the GNA Crack Down...
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