BRI Sino-Russian Relations: A New Era? June 18, 2019 0 Written by Gilbert Rozman. Image Credit: trump putin russia by Book Catalog/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. Once again, Chinese and Russian leaders proclaimed that they have boosted…
Asia Sri Lanka’s port development and the role of the BRI May 24, 2019 0 Written by Pabasara Kannangara. Image credit: Katharine Adeney (All Rights Reserved). Sri Lanka is strategically located at the centre of the Indian Ocean and is in…
Asia Is it wise for China to build Pakistan’s largest airport at Gwadar? May 21, 2019 0 Written by Adnan Aamir. Image credit: Alan Wilson/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On 29 March 2019 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Chinese Ambassador to…
BRI The FBR and the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement Phase-II May 2, 2019 0 Written by Khalid Jarral. It is no wonder that in today’s globalised world domestic issues have repercussions at the international level. The competence of the…
BRI China’s economic clout in Vietnam: Bane or boon? May 1, 2019 0 Written by Nguyen Thanh Trung. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Ngyuen Xuan Phuc's visit to Beijing at the end of April is seen as vital for Vietnamese involvement…
BRI China’s embrace of the Greater Mekong Subregion April 11, 2019 1 Written by Joern Dosch. The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s longest river and the twelfth-largest in the world. It originates in Tibet, flows through the Chinese…
ASEAN Sub-groupings and a shifting role for ASEAN April 10, 2019 0 Written by Mathew Davies. Any long-term watcher of Southeast Asia knows that they have to be prepared to master a number of acronyms and opaque…
ASEAN Southeast Asia’s competitive sub-regionalism: Overlap and superfluity? April 8, 2019 0 Written by Jürgen Rüland. Southeast Asia is undeniably a success story of regionalism in the Global South. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was…
BRI Geographical imaginations of the Belt and Road Initiative January 31, 2019 0 Sarah Hall The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is best known for its implications for large infrastructure projects. However, its geopolitical and geo-economic importance reaches…
BRI Political sensitivities surround the BRI in Indonesia January 30, 2019 0 Jacqueline Hicks Sitting on an ancient maritime trade route between East and West, Indonesia is well-placed for China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But…
