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New report from SIPRI on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
SIPRI today announced the launch of a new report on the security implications of China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (the Road).
The report,...
Five years on, the BRI is still being perceived as a Debt Trap
Five years since President Xi Jinping laid out his grand vision for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the implications of China’s economic supremacy...
Djibouti’s “International” Free Trade Zone is really just for one country
For the past quarter century, Djibouti has flourished as the Horn of Africa’s most strategic port, serving as a lifeline for landlocked Ethiopia’s $3.13...
Self-fulfilling prophecies: Chinese fear attacks by Uyghur jihadists
A seemingly obsessive fear of Uyghur nationalist and religious sentiment has prompted Chinese leaders to contemplate military involvement in Syria and Afghanistan and risk...
Turkey’s financial crisis raises questions about China’s debt-driven development model
Financial injections by Qatar and possibly China may resolve Turkey’s immediate economic crisis, aggravated by a politics-driven trade war with the United States, but...
Pakistan at a crossroads as Imran Khan is sworn in
Criticism of Pakistan’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance regime by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is likely to complicate incoming Pakistani...
Chinese Game: U.S. Losing Asia and Africa
As the US sanction pressure on Russia intensifies, the US economic and political competition with their most important economic partner, China, is noticeably getting...
CPEC: The not so cool COAL corridor
With energy comes wealth and with wealth comes prosperity! No one can doubt the veracity of this conclusion. But most of the times we...
The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes
China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to admitting that it...
Behind Indo-Pacific Vision
Mike Pompeo’s recent speech titled, ‘America's Indo-Pacific Economic Vision - at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum’ at the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC has...