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Moscow Trades Rails For Waves In Strategic Pivot

Moscow Trades Rails For Waves In Strategic Pivot

Moscow is adjusting its North-South…

Global Powers Are Vying For Influence In Eurasia

Global Powers Are Vying For Influence In Eurasia

Central Asia and the South…

Geopolitics

Moscow Trades Rails For Waves In Strategic Pivot

Aug 09, 2023 at 09:17 | The Jamestown Foundation

Via the Jamestown Foundation   When Moscow announced plans in 2000 for the creation of a north-south trade corridor, its initial goal was…

Beijing's Bid For Global Influence Tested In Ukraine Summit

Aug 09, 2023 at 09:14 | RFE/RL staff

China joined international diplomatic talks in Saudi Arabia on August 6 for a two-day summit with officials from 40 countries designed to find a framework for peace in…

U.S. And China Locked In Underwater Tug-of-War

Aug 08, 2023 at 08:36 | The Jamestown Foundation

Via the Jamestown Foundation In May 2018, the World Bank opened bidding to “all eligible firms from any country” on a $72.6 million…

Pentagon Considers Armed Protection For Oil Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz

Aug 04, 2023 at 09:03 | ZeroHedge

The Pentagon is pursuing strategic ways to prevent further seizures of international vessels by Iran's military, particularly in and near the vital Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf…

Georgia Halts Re-Export Of Western Cars To Russia And Belarus

Aug 04, 2023 at 08:12 | Eurasianet

Citing Western sanctions, Georgia is banning the re-export and transit of cars imported from the United States and the European Union to Russia and Belarus. The booming re-export…

The Implications of Georgia's Strategic Partnership With China

Aug 02, 2023 at 08:50 | Eurasianet

The inauguration of a "strategic partnership" between Tbilisi and Beijing has been widely celebrated by Georgian government circles but viewed warily by critics. The announcement, made…

Global Powers Are Vying For Influence In Eurasia

Aug 01, 2023 at 08:32 | The Jamestown Foundation

Via the Jamestown Foundation On June 23, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia established a joint logistics company to improve cargo transportation between Central Asia…

China's Innovative Inroads Into Central Asia

Jul 28, 2023 at 07:47 | Eurasianet

Kazakhstan and China are looking to boost joint scientific research. Kazakhstan’s science and higher education minister, Sayasat Nurbek, met with top officials of…

Is China's Economic Miracle Fading? A Look At The Hurdles Ahead

Jul 25, 2023 at 08:35 | The Jamestown Foundation

By the Jamestown Foundation In December of last year, China’s central government lifted its stringent “zero-COVID” restrictions, signaling to the public it shifted…

China's Soft Power Strategy In Central Asia

Jul 25, 2023 at 08:20 | Eurasianet

China is making a soft-power push in Central Asia, launching initiatives to strengthen cooperation with expert institutions in Uzbekistan and boost cultural exchanges and tourism with Kyrgyzstan.

Erdogan’s Surprise Western Pivot

Jul 24, 2023 at 08:58 | RFE/RL staff

In the lead-up to his toughest election battle in two decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not hesitate to bash Western allies and principles, seeking to bolster…

Escalating Geopolitical Tensions Begin To Chip Away At Globalization

Jul 24, 2023 at 08:54 | Kurt Cobb

The most salient fact about natural resources such as minerals and fertile soil is that they are unevenly distributed around the world. That means some countries have far more than…

Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Talks Lean West As Russia’s Role Declines

Jul 24, 2023 at 08:44 | Eurasianet

Azerbaijan's government is sounding more and more positive about the U.S.- and EU-brokered negotiations with Armenia and increasingly negative about Russia's mediation efforts.  Those talks are taking place on a…

Europe Backs Kazakhstan's Efforts To Sidestep Russian Influence

Jul 21, 2023 at 08:27 | The Jamestown Foundation

Via the Jamestown Foundation    On June 20, after meeting with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced Germany’s…

China And Russia Kick Off Joint Military Exercises In Sea Of Japan

Jul 21, 2023 at 08:23 | ZeroHedge

China and Russia have kicked off their anticipated joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan on Thursday. Chinese state television has described the purpose as ensuring security of…

IAEA Still Doesn’t Have Full Access To Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant

Jul 21, 2023 at 08:14 | RFE/RL staff

Russia has still not provided UN nuclear experts at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine access to the rooftops of the occupied facilitie's reactors, the agency said…

Why Egypt’s Oil And Gas Discoveries Are Crucial For The Region

Jul 19, 2023 at 10:12 | Simon Watkins

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the West has been scrambling to find reliable sources for consistent oil and gas supplies to compensate for those lost…

Food Security At Risk As Russia And Ukraine Seek Alternatives To Grain Deal

Jul 19, 2023 at 08:10 | RFE/RL staff

Ukraine and Russia both said they were seeking alternative ways to keep grain supplies flowing after an agreement that allowed exports to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia…

Unpacking Ukraine's Gains And Losses At The NATO Summit

Jul 17, 2023 at 09:03 | RFE/RL staff

NATO summits tend to be rather drab affairs. Most announcements are known well in advance and the official summit communique that runs to several pages of technocratic prose…

Wheat Prices Soar As Russia Suspends Black Sea Grain Deal

Jul 17, 2023 at 08:50 | ZeroHedge

Wheat prices jumped as news broke Monday that Russia let the UN-brokered grain deal lapse at midnight, Istanbul time, marking the end of the Turkey-administered humanitarian corridor which…

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