On the Chinese side, the Belt and Road Initiative continues to advance, while strategic agreements are being signed with Russia, Pakistan, and Iran with the aim of positioning China at the heart of global supply chains for raw materials and shipping routes.
The Great Turan: Russia’s Concerns about Turkey’s Growing Reputation in Caucasus and Central Asia
”Read: Orthodoxy and Russian Foreign Policy: A Story of Rise and FallCoupled with Kazakhstani determination to boost its ties with China through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the diminishing role of the Russian language – trendy in the whole macro-region – this news is yet another cause for worry, signaling Russia’s forfeiture of its formerly strong stance in Kazakhstan, a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, to both China and Turkey.
An Axis of Evil: Why Russia and China Protect Myanmar’s Military Regime
In addition, Beijing also pursues the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor project, which is in turn an integral part of its Belt and Road Initiative, increasingly seen as an economically colonialist project throughout Asia.
India is Lobbying to Put Pakistan on FATF’s Black-list: Will it Succeed?
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While China’s relationship with India suffered a set-back over recent years with clashes in the disputed Sino-Indian border, during which at least 20 Indian troops are said to have been killed, Pakistan has become a major ally through the Belt and Road Initiative and the huge expansion of the Gwadar port.
China-Iran Treaty: Hydrocarbons Bring the Old Friends Closer
VIDEO: What is behind China and Iran's 'strategic' deal?Ties with Iran have become even more significant from China’s perspective, largely due to the roll out of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
What Is China’s Endgame in Northern Iraq?
China’s non-ordinary approach to enhancing economic and diplomatic ties with the KRG during politically unstable times in war-torn Iraq is explained by Beijing’s ambitions to secure and expand its Belt and Road Initiative far beyond Iraq and the KRG.
How Does China View the Muslim World?
A long decade of revolutions and civil wars made those disputes more tumultuous precisely as Beijing launched its Belt and Road Initiative, popularly known as the New Silk Road.
China’s Economic Interests in the GCC: Economic Gains over Politics
China has launched an ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to connect the world, including GCC countries and the rest of the Middle East.
Bitcoin: The New Global Reserve Currency?
Furthermore, China’s mind is open to technological changes and is trying to harness the blockchain technology to boost the global financial status of the yuan, which is expected to help China materialize its goal of becoming the world’s top economy by 2050 and contribute to the success of its Belt and Road Initiative.
Tunisian Politics at Crossroad with Kais Saied’s Vision of Governance
The constitutional choice is to be patient and wait for better conditions, such as the emergence of conflicts and divisions within the political belt supporting the current government, or for him to settle his differences with Hisham al-Meshishi and persuade him to submit his voluntarily resignation.
What Drives Pakistan on the Recognition of Israel: The Arab Gulf, India, or the Pakistanis?
This is especially true in the wake of the massive Chinese pledges and ongoing projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) amounting to $62 billion, a flagship project of the massive Chinese Belt and Road InitiativeVIDEO: Golan Heights Occupied By Israel - A Timeline
Will Pakistan Recognize Israel?
Islamabad may be under pressure on the Israel question, but the gains from earning the pleasure of the U.
New Geopolitics in a Post-Coronavirus World
It may also be doing these to prove its willingness to protect its partners in the One Belt and One Road project.
Europe owes Turkey for its Security, it is time the EU takes Negotiations Seriously
Furthermore, China’s expansionism along the Belt and Road initiative may make Ankara a worthier partner to Europe.
After Raids against Turkish Forces, a New Approach is Needed for Idlib
Safeguarding the rebels in Idlib by granting a special protection or a different mechanism like a security belt along the border might help in this regard.
‘A New International Order to Serve the Interests of Humanity’: Erdogan – Xi Jinping Meeting
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President Erdogan praised the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative by describing it as the “greatest development projects of the 21st century, encompassing over 100 nations and international organizations.
China Caught Between Nationalism and Multiculturalism
In addition to this export-oriented and open economic mode, as claimed by Remnin University’s influential scholar, Wang Yiwei, the Belt and Road initiative offers a new kind of globalization that is not exclusionary and discriminative in its essence.
A Tale of Two Erdogans: How The West Went Rogue on Turkey
Under Erdoğan, relations with neighbouring Iran and nearby Russia improved greatly in spite of external actors attempting to prevent both whilst under Erdoğan, Turkey signed up to the international game changing Belt and Road initiative which was introduced by China in 2013.
The Age of Erdogan has Brought Stability and Political Flexibility to Turkey
As an early supporter of the Belt and Road initiative, Turkey continues to increase bilateral trade with China whilst looking to be an important member of the global trading project that will link the wider Asia-Pacific region with the Afro-Mediterranean region.
Chinese Foreign Direct Investments threaten the Independence of EU States
The Belt and Road Initiative, unveiled by President Xi Jinping in late 2013, was serving to deepen and diversify Chinese FDIs in EU countries.
China’s Zouchuqu Policy and Turkey-Pakistan Economic Relations
Urging Turkish investors to start working from now to benefit from the immense opportunities that will come from the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), he stated that it will connect those parts of the world that have had less connectivity and that BRI and CPEC are important opportunities for Turkey-Pakistan relations.