Vietnam has struck a careful balance in its reaction to the Ukraine conflict. But how long can it avoid taking sides? Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Vietnam has sought to distance itself from the great-power rivalry in Eastern Europe by underscoring that it is “not taking sides” in the conflict. Nevertheless, the…
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Putin’s war in Ukraine: The forgotten potential of Ukraine’s energy reserves.
Ukraine has extremely rich and complementary mineral resources in high concentrations and close proximity to each other. The country has abundant reserves of coal, iron ore, natural gas, manganese, salt, oil, graphite, sulfur, kaolin, titanium, nickel, magnesium, timber, and mercury… Over the last several years, the future of the European energy supply has become an…
China is ready to project military power in the South China Sea sooner rather than later
China’s maritime transformation is already making waves. Still, however, China’s course and its implications—including at sea—remain highly uncertain… The past decade and a half has seen China undergo a modernization of its military, including the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). This naval modernization, which includes the addition of two aircraft carriers, coupled with China’s seemingly…
Regional geopolitics: Kashmir geopolitical perspective
India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in 1947 because of the differing nationalist ideologies that they subscribe to. The conflict over Kashmir between Pakistan and India was waged in three wars. Both countries felt that the territory belonged to them completely. But people in Kashmir are hoping that life starts returning to normal. Ever since…
What’s happening in Myanmar? Behind a civil war, the Myanmar’s Natural Gas and Oil Pipelines…
Myanmar has begun developing its natural gas production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity to take advantage of its large natural gas reserves, but consequences are others…. Myanmar’s natural gas production surged 100 percent in 2000, reaching a peak of about 13.5 billion cubic meters in 2007. But even though Myanmar reportedly boasts the…
The war between China and US has already started. Top Oil and Gas Companies In The World (2021 Updated List)
The biggest sector in the world in terms of dollar value, the oil and gas sector is a global powerhouse using hundreds of thousands of workers worldwide and generating hundreds of billions of dollars globally each year. The below-listed oil and gas companies are so vital that they often contribute a significant amount towards national GDP….
Taliban and Turkmenistan are moving to revive TAPI gas pipeline (UPDATED).
TAPI has long been hailed as a monumentally important project – but it’s unclear whether it will ever be built.
That Signal Central Asia is at Regional Risk of War – Georges Friedman and Saleem Ali.
The entire US strategy for Afghanistan was each president keeping the war going so the next president had to bite the bullet. After 20 years, the bullet was bitten. The end looked the only way it could, chaos hard-wired into the system. We all believe we could have done better. – George Friedman
Asia GDP PPP 2021 Ranking: Largest Economies in Asia.
Economic growth in developing Asia remains robust but prospects have further dimmed and risks to the region’s economies are rising as trade and investment weaken, according to Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2019 Update, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic publication. As of 2021, the United States and China would occupy the first two places in both methods’…
Kishore Mahbubani: The West and the rising Asia
I think China would be far happier to deal with a confident, secure United States of America, not the insecure and troubled America that you have today. For example, in the past, when Richard Nixon went to China in 1972, he could do so. At that time, by the way, China had been demonized in…
Amir Sufi – Equitable Growth
Amir Sufi is a member of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth’s Research Advisory Board. He is also the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He serves as an associate editor for the American…
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