Category: BRI
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Precision Strikes And Dialectical Contradictions
Friends, One of the challenges of writing a newsletter like this is that our new cycle feels like a cyclone. It is hard to keep track of all the developments and what you think you will write about at the start of the week rarely remains the same. As of this writing, the United States…
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Armenia’s ‘crossroads’ offers the US and Israel a rare opportunity
MENASource June 9, 2025 • 8:00 am ET Sheila Paylan For decades, Armenia and Azerbaijan’s conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has kept the South Caucasus in a gridlock of historic animosities, closed borders, and economic stagnation. But with the conflict now effectively over, Armenia has launched its “Crossroads of Peace” initiative, envisioning itself as a central Eurasian…
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India-Gulf relations are muted—but mobilizing
MENASource June 3, 2025 • 1:12 pm ET Jonathan Fulton The day the current India-Pakistan conflict ignited, with the April 23 terrorist attack by a Pakistan-based militant group on tourists in India-administered Kashmir, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Jeddah holding meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This was his third visit to…
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IMEC – A Corridor for Peace and Regional Stability
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,344, May 13, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In September 2023, the IMEC initiative was announced. IMEC is an economic corridor that will connect India, the Middle East and Europe, with the support of the United States. This initiative has the potential to change the face of global trade and transportation. The…
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The India-Pakistan Conflict Is Rapidly Becoming a Proxy War
Regional powers—notably Saudi Arabia and Iran—are increasingly choosing a side in the ongoing fracas between New Delhi and Islamabad. As the India-Pakistan crisis continues to escalate, a curious diplomatic element has gone largely unreported in the Western press. Representatives from the governments of both the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…
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China Looks To Tighten Its Grip On This Key Middle Eastern Oil Hub
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – May 06, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT China’s Zhenhua Oil signed a long-term LNG deal with UAE’s ADNOC. The UAE’s location…
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Iran Bids for Chinese Takeaway
With talks underway on a new deal to de-nuke the Iranian regime, the visit to China, on April 22, of the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, may have rung some alarm bells in Washington D.C. The intricate web of relationships involving China, Iran, and the Islamic Republic’s so-called ‘Axis of Resistance,’ is an ongoing source…
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Azerbaijan rides Belt and Road wave to power up ties with China
Politics Materials 26 April 2025 09:42 (UTC +04:00) Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26. China has become one of Azerbaijan’s main economic partners, the political analyst Turab Rzayev said in an interview with Trend. “At present, a ‘crack’ has formed within the Western bloc. In this context, China stands out as a major direction…
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China’s President Xi says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on April 23 that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, hurt the multilateral trading system and impact the world economic order, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Mr Xi made the comments during a meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in…
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China’s President Xi says tariffs and trade wars hurt world economic order
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, hurt the multilateral trading system and impact the world economic order, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Xi made the comments during a meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Beijing, where…