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Backgrounder on Italy and BRI (and more). China marches (and sails) west.Asia TimesAll roads lead to Rome for Xi Pepe Escobar
Read More »Pepe Escobar — How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia
The concept of Greater Eurasia has been discussed at the highest levels of Russian academia and policy-making for some time. This week the policy was presented at the Council of Ministers and looks set to be enshrined, without fanfare, as the main guideline of Russian foreign policy for the foreseeable future. President Putin is unconditionally engaged to make it a success. Already at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2016, Putin referred to an emerging “Eurasian...
Read More »Pepe Escobar — China’s ‘New Silk Roads’ reach Latin America
Beijing is turbo-charging its infrastructure connectivity across the region and the Caribbean. "Who lost Latin America?"Asia TimesChina’s ‘New Silk Roads’ reach Latin America Pepe Escobar See alsoTalk of four nation-led ‘alternative’ to Belt and Road picks up steam Asia Times StaffSee also Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative in an...
Read More »Bruno Maçães — Eurasia, the supercontinent that will define our century
World Economic Forum | AgendaEurasia, the supercontinent that will define our centuryBruno Maçães | Senior Advisor, Flint Global
Read More »Frank Chen — Sino-Thai high-speed railway project gets go-ahead
Bangkok has given the green light to Thailand’s first high-speed railway, spearheaded by China, an on-again-off-again project that was once hailed as the crowning project of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Thai media say the country’s National Environment Commission has approved the environmental impact assessment report for the 253- kilometer portion from Bangkok to the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, with construction expected to commence by the end of this month and...
Read More »Pepe Escobar — From the Caucasus to the Balkans, China’s Silk Roads are rising
With its focus on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative can be seen as fulfilling a strategy of challenging the West that can be traced back to Mao…. In the midst of this frenzy of connectivity, it’s easy to overlook a significant historical point: that it was all anticipated by Mao Zedong. Scholar Chen Gang has stressed how most BRI-participating nations are not as developed, economically, as China. And they are “not just limited to the Eurasian continent, but...
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