More: Belt and Road
Belt and Road Alternatives: The European Strategy
The European Union (EU) has put forward a plan for enhancing connectivity within Asia, which has been dubbed as the Asia Connectivity Strategy.
The EU...
China’s economic presence in South Asia
On September 9, 2018 Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for establishing the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) as part of China’s...
China’s narrative in South Asia
Recently, China’s consular general in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, while speaking at a function, proposed a bullet train connecting Kunming (Yunnan Province) with Kolkata, the...
Middle Eastern Black Swans dot China’s Belt and Road
If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the window and increasingly...
China struggles with Belt and Road pushback
China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or fail to...
Indo-US 2+2 Strategic Dialogue: Threat for Regional Stability
The Strategic Status of the Asia-Pacific Region is rising due to its significant role in the global economy. It has the third-largest body of...
The equilibrium between the Russian Federation and North Korea
Russia has never disregarded the North Korean nuclear and missile issue nor its support for North Korea.
Russia will never relinquish its safety belt against...
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...