More: Belt and Road
The Belt and Road Initiative: Innovative Chinese Ideas for a New World Order
One Belt, One Road is China's largest infrastructure and investment project. China's "One Belt, One Road" strategy aims to develop economic and social linkages...
A New Order in West Asia: The Case of China’s Strategic Presence in Syria
Unanimity on a new American century had gone unchecked for a decade. The warhawk John Bolton lambasted Xi's authoritarianism, claiming the new crackdown has...
BRI and the ‘Indo-Pacific’ Strategy: Geopolitical vs. Geostrategic
The new US Indo-Pacific Strategy document released in February has two interesting components, one overt and one covert. The document overtly declares the US...
The importance of Xinjiang and Myanmar’s Arakan for the Chinese Silk Road
The Chinese Silk Road and its main strategic traffic and influence areas in the Chinese regions of Xinjiang and Arakan in Myanmar, which have...
Russian War on Ukraine Is Strafing China’s BRI
As compared with the Russian annexation of Crimea eight years ago, in the current Ukrainian war crisis not only China’s stakes are high but...
Chinese Geo-strategic Expansion in the Levant: A Case Study of Lebanon
As soon as the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, China and the Middle East faced a series of challenges. In recent...
‘Belt and Road’ for a ‘Better World’?: China-US relations and 50 years of the Shanghai Communiqué
On the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué this year, Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi made an interesting statement calling on...
A Wary Chinese Dragon and a Reluctant Lebanese Government
Since China's historic "Belt and Road" initiative was announced in 2013, several countries in the region, including Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, have raised the...
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Belt and Road Initiative and China’s diplomacy
It has been more than a week since Russia has launched a war against Ukraine. The United state and its allies have already put...
Ancient Sino-Arabian Cultural Communication: Highlighting the Tang Dynasty
In September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative. This initiative aims to revive the historic Silk...