Category: BRI
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No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy
The growing quasi-alliance between China and Russia poses the greatest threat to vital U.S. national interests in sixty years. As this Council Special Report demonstrates, their joint efforts to undermine U.S. policies and international order have made marked progress in the past decade and will continue for the foreseeable future. Although the United States and…
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Al-Assad’s fall in Syria: What’s at stake for China?
As China hosted the 19th Asian Games in September last year, President Xi Jinping welcomed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at a picturesque lakeside guesthouse in the eastern city of Hangzhou. By the time Xi and al-Assad emerged from their meeting, China and Syria had struck what they called a “strategic partnership.” A little over a…
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Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ Brace for Impact as Trump Plans New Oil Moves
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 – Dec 10, 2024, 11:00 AM CST OPEC+ extends oil production cuts to April 2024 and 2026 amidst geopolitical uncertainty. Trump’s…
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Assad’s fall in Syria exposes limits of China’s Middle East diplomacy
Updated Dec 10, 2024, 02:37 PM Published Dec 10, 2024, 01:47 PM BEIJING/HONG KONG – Just over a year ago, China gave Bashar al-Assad and his wife a warm welcome during their six-day visit to the country, offering the former Syrian leader a rare break from years of international isolation since the start of a…
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China’s Belt And Road Initiative Aims For Long-Term Global Leadership
“One Belt One Road” new Silk Road concept. 21st-century connectivity and cooperation between … [+] Eurasian countries. Vector illustration. getty “The United States is all in on Africa.” Those were President Joseph Biden’s words during last week’s trip to Angola, a southwestern African nation approximately the size of the land area of Alaska and home…
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China’s B.R.I.; Long-Range Global Leadership Vision
“One Belt One Road” new Silk Road concept. 21st-century connectivity and cooperation between … [+] Eurasian countries. Vector illustration. getty “The United States is all in on Africa.” Those were President Joseph Biden’s words during last week’s trip to Angola, a southwestern African nation approximately the size of the land area of Alaska and home…
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Trump’s 100% tariff threat on BRICS depends on whether U.S. laws would permit it, says ex-RBI governor
File picture of former Reserve Bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s warning that BRICS countries will face 100% tariffs if they choose to move away from the U.S. dollar is unclear to what extent he will carry out his threat, as it remains to be seen if the…
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Why Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is a good news for India
The ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah is a first step towards de-escalation of conflict that began in Gaza, triggered by a Hamas attack on Israel in October last year, and later pulled in Hezbollah too. The ceasefire does not extend to Gaza, where Israel’s military continues to fight Hamas as there is no…
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How to Meet Trump Era’s Challenges and Opportunities
How to Meet Trump Era’s Challenges and Opportunities PDF Download Table of Contents Projections of Trump’s China Policy Tariff Policy as a Focal Point in Trump Administration’s Trade Relations with China Potential for Bilateral Trade Negotiations and Chinese Investment in the U.S. Space for U.S.-China Negotiation and Cooperation in Trump’s Promise to be a “Peace…
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Thinking Through China’s Middle East Policy Amid War
For many years, China has been expanding its influence to every corner of the globe. And while its strategic priorities remain anchored in the Western Pacific—where it faces great-power rivalry with the United States, myriad territorial disputes, tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the potential for military conflict over the Taiwan Strait—its steadily growing presence…
