Tag Archives: Indo-Pacific

This week, Vladivostok, Russia is hosting the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), an event which is the largest of its kind in terms of attendance, which will attract Russia’s top politicians and their Asian counterparts. This year, the forum will be attended by the heads of state and government of India, Malaysia, Mongolia and Japan, who will participate in a panel discussion alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin. The forum is unique in that it is a product of the new Russia, rather...

Arms race watch. It's on.CNNChina Could Overwhelm US Military In Asia In Hours Brad Lendon

The "Indo-Pacific" region is part of the rimland around China from the south and east that the US needs to control from the sea to "contain" (surround) China. The worst case scenrio for the US would be a strategic alliance of Russia, China, and India. The strategic alliance between Russia and China already exists and they are wooing India.Strategic Culture FoundationDebunking the Indo-Pacific Myth Pepe Escobar

In the context of the New Great Game in Eurasia, the New Silk Roads, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), integrates all of China’s instruments of national power – political, economic, diplomatic, financial, intellectual and cultural – to shape the 21stcentury geopolitical/geoeconomic order. BRI is the organizing concept of China’s foreign policy for the foreseeable future; the heart of what was conceptualized, even before President Xi Jinping, as China’s “peaceful rise.” The Trump...