More: Belt and Road
Chinese Flags over Europe?
As
President Xi Jinping wraps up his week-long tour of Europe, his first overseas
visit of the year, he seems to have left a growing sense...
Balochistan: A powder keg at a geopolitical crossroads
Balochistan should be oozing with optimism as Chinese and Saudi
investment pours into the troubled Pakistani province. It is not. Instead,
Balochistan, a key node in...
Connectivity Italian Style
Xi Jinping’s historic visit to
Italy on March 21–23, 2019 was marked by the signing of a memorandum on Italy’s
joining the Chinese Belt and Road...
Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy and the relationship between China and the Catholic Church
No official
meetings between President Xi Jinping and Pope Francis are officially scheduled
on the agenda for the Chinese President's next visit to Italy.
Neither party wants...
Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The massive Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways,
seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian
continent. The BRI...
Italy and the Belt & Road Initiative
There has been a growing
scepticism with regard to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project in many
quarters, due to the lack of transparency with...
One Belt-One Road and the South China Sea: Xi Jingping’s Priorities
War between China and the United States over the South China Seas
(SCS) is imminent. This is one example
of the alarmist headlines that emblazon many...
China’s Belt & Road Initiative in Flux
China’s
economic and political ascendancy is a topic for almost every Eurasian state –
and Georgia is no exception. However, before proceeding to China’s geopolitical
role in...
China, Europe and the G-Zero world
What does it mean to live in a world without global leadership? Where is the European Union heading? What impact will Trump’s “America first”...
Challenges and prospects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
In the present globalized world, the economic corridors have become an important tool for regional cooperation and development. The economic corridor highlights the integration...