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New Silk Road: China And The Economic Integration Of Europe And Asia
By Chas Freeman China’s “The Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road,” or officially called the “one belt, one road” project aims to bring into being a new economic order on the Eurasian landmass. Everything from the Atlantic to the Pacific is to be connected through hyper-efficient infrastructure and new institutional linkages. … Continue reading
The Eurasian Big Bang: How China And Russia Are Running Circles Around Washington – OpEd
By Pepe Escobar, originally posted July 23, 2015 on TomDispatch Let’s start with the geopolitical Big Bang you know nothing about, the one that occurred just two weeks ago. Here are its results: from now on, any possible future attack on Iran threatened by the Pentagon (in conjunction with NATO) would essentially be an assault on the planning … Continue reading
China’s New Silk Road Initiative Is Credit Positive For Emerging Markets Involved, Moody’s Says
China’s ambitious New Silk Road initiative — that aims to deepen the country’s economic integration with more than 40 countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe by creating an unbroken transport and infrastructure network to boost connectivity — is credit positive for the emerging market sovereigns involved, Moody’s Investors Services said on Tuesday. Moody’s says … Continue reading
Kazakhstan Officially Accepted As Member Of The World Trade Organization (WTO)
After two decades of negotiations to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kazakhstan was finally approved to join the international trade body on Monday. WTO members formally adopted Kazakhstan’s WTO terms of entry at the General Council meeting, where Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the country’s protocol of accession with WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo. The northern Central Asian nation is … Continue reading
China’s New Silk Road: One Belt, One Road — More Than Just A Geopolitical Game
By Danyi Yang & Mark McNamee Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to build a cross-regional economic plan in 2013 to strengthen trade and investment partnerships across Asian, European and African markets, China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative has been attracting worldwide attention with its massive scale and immense potential economic impact. China’s Master … Continue reading
Persia’s Approaching Gold Rush
By Pepe Escobar You may have heard of the N-11. Yes, it’s another clever Goldman Sachs concoction, to the benefit of that prized specimen – the “global investor”. These are the next BRICS, the new emerging powers. The N-11 is made up of: Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam. Some … Continue reading
What The Mainstream Media Missed From The BRICS And SCO Summits
By Andrew Korybko, Sputnik News The Ufa Summits were so wildly successful that most media outlets couldn’t keep track of everything that transpired. The most widely known achievements to have come out of the BRICS and SCO Summits in Ufa are the BRICS New Development Bank and India and Pakistan’s joint accession to the SCO, but that doesn’t mean that … Continue reading
China Officially Launches The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
The Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) officially launched on Monday following a signing ceremony of the bank’s articles of association that took place in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted 300 delegates from the bank’s fifty-seven founding-member countries where they would later determine the total share capital, each member’s voting share of capital, the governance structure, decision-making mechanism, and operational … Continue reading
The Pentagon Goes “Nuclear” On Russia – OpEd
By Pepe Escobar We all remember how, in early June, President Putin announced that Russia would deploy more than 40 new ICBMs “able to overcome even the most technically advanced anti-missile defense systems.” Oh dear; the Pentagon and their European minions have been freaking out on overdrive ever since. First was NATO Secretary-General, Norwegian figurehead Jens … Continue reading
Pakistan, India (And Possibly Iran) Said To Be Upgraded To Members Of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers has decided to upgrade the status of India and Pakistan in the bloc from observers to members, which is set to be finalized during the SCO and BRICs summit in July, Russia’s Sputnik news reported on Thursday, citing Pakistan’s ambassador to Russia. The news, although not yet made official, … Continue reading
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