China’s Belt and Road projects across the Balkans display a worrying lack of transparency – but most ordinary people are more interested in the chance of new jobs, an expert on China says. — Read on balkaninsight.com/2019/05/08/western-balkan-peoples-welcome-chinas-presence-expert-says/
http://www.youtube.com/watch The Geopolitics of the 21st century will be determined by the potential of great powers to build regimes of control over the seas, or oceanic space. It is vital that we understand how the use of oceans has evolved over the ages, and how it stands today. The idea of oceans being the common … Continue reading Geopolitics: Understanding Oceanic Space
Epic of the Peloponnesian War: Historical Commentary — Read on http://www.warhorsesim.com/epw_hist.html
ROME — It all started with spring rolls and cheap screwdrivers: this is how China first entered our homes. If the restaurants with the dragon sign put us in contact with Asian cuisine, the shop... — Read on http://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/chinese-stores-made-in-italy
Italy Joins the Belt and Road Initiative: Context, Interests, and Drivers - Jamestown — Read on jamestown.org/program/italy-joins-the-belt-and-road-initiative-context-interests-and-drivers/
Moscow Wants to Have It Both Ways on Montreux Convention - Jamestown — Read on jamestown.org/program/moscow-wants-to-have-it-both-ways-on-montreux-convention/
A closer look at Southeast Asia’s role within greater transatlantic collaboration in the region. — Read on thediplomat.com/2019/04/transatlantic-cooperation-in-the-indo-pacific-where-does-southeast-asia-fit-in/
SEVERAL MIRAGE 2000 fighter jets took off from an air base in N’Djamena, Chad’s capital, on February 3rd and flew north over the savannah and the scrubby Sahel towards the Sahara Desert. There the French planes bombed a column of some 50 lorries carrying rebels south from the Libyan border. — Read on http://www.economist.com/europe/2019/04/20/the-problem-with-eu-foreign-policy
Catching China by the Belt (and Road) – Foreign Policy — Read on foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/20/catching-china-by-the-belt-and-road-international-development-finance-corp-beijing-united-states/
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade. — Read on reason.com/2019/04/04/will-todays-global-trade-wars
