Mongolia Gets On Board with China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Copyright show: No China’s Belt and Road is putting pressure on Mongolia to resolve a strategic dilemma. On the one hand, Ulanbaatar is eager to reduce its political and economic dependence on China...
View ArticleCentral Asia’s Catechism of Cliché: From the Great Game to Silk Road
Copyright show: No When people ponder the history of Central Asia, they tend to have two ideas in mind – that the region has long been the subject of great power rivalry, known since the 19th century...
View ArticleArmenia: New Embassy Is Sign of Strengthening Chinese-Armenian Ties
Copyright show: No China is building a new embassy in Yerevan that, once completed, will be Beijing’s second biggest in the former Soviet Union. The project is a sign of China’s growing economic and...
View ArticleUkraine and Chinese Investment: Caution Amid Potential?
Copyright show: No As Ukraine’s recent economic difficulties persist—the country registered a modest growth rate of 2.3% in 2016, and painful IMF-mandated reforms continue to progress...
View ArticleAbkhazia: Is Chinese Investment a Panacea or a Pipe Dream?
Copyright show: No Spend enough time at Brehalovka, an iconic coffee house and hotbed of political gossip on Sukhumi’s seaside promenade, and you are bound to hear whispers of Chinese interest in...
View ArticleErik Prince Weighing Senate Bid While Tackling Xinjiang Security Challenge
Copyright show: No EurasiaNet Analysis Erik Prince, the former chief of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, is evidently mulling a run for a US Senate seat. At the same time, he is...
View ArticleFull Steam Ahead: Long-Awaited Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Opens
Copyright show: No The launch of a new railway in the South Caucasus has the potential to attract foreign investment and boost trade, as well as encourage political cooperation in a region fraught...
View ArticleGeorgia: New Europe-Asia Rail Route Slow to Produce Economic Benefits – Locals
Copyright show: No On the outskirts of the sleepy Georgian town of Akhalkalki, set against a barren backdrop, sits a gleaming, bone-white structure. Designed by celebrity architect Jürgen Mayer, this...
View ArticleChina Striving to Boost Energy Imports from Turkmenistan
Copyright show: No China is expected to be a major presence at the 28th meeting of the Energy Charter Conference, scheduled to be held in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat on November 28-29.read more
View ArticleThe Belt and Road through Eurasia: Who Wins and How?
Copyright show: No China’s Belt and Road infrastructure development initiative will have its winners and losers. But for now, Beijing is trying to bolster international support for the project, which...
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