New Policy Memo: Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
In 2012, Russia exported 550,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to tiny Netherlands, but less than 500,000 bpd to China (Figure 1). According to the “gravity model” of trade,…
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Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
In 2012, Russia exported 550,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to tiny Netherlands, but less than 500,000 bpd to China (Figure 1). According to the “gravity model” of trade,…
New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects and Challenges of China’s OBOR Initiative
In September 2013, at a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping announced plans to promote a “Silk Road Economic Belt” across neighboring Eurasian states. Over the…
Roberts: Xinjiang is of great strategic importance to China
(Daily Times) Every Ramzan, the Muslim world rails at China. The country’s eight million Uyghurs in Xinjiang are officially “discouraged” – but really banned — from fasting in the holy…
New Policy Memo: China and the Two Pivots
Partly in response to the U.S. rebalancing to Asia, Chinese leaders have been trying to define Asia for Asians. The Russian pivot to Asia complicates this agenda. On the one…
China and the Two Pivots
Partly in response to the U.S. rebalancing to Asia, Chinese leaders have been trying to define Asia for Asians. The Russian pivot to Asia complicates this agenda. On the one…
Cooley: Russia has been uncomfortable with institutionalising China’s growing regional economic dominance
(Newsweek) This month, as Newsweek goes to print, an international organisation all but unknown in the West is set to announce that its membership will soon include countries representing half…
Cooley: AIIB signifies the start of a new chapter in the evolution of international development
(Devex) The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank seems on track to begin full operations early next year. This week, 50 of the bank’s founding members signed the articles of agreement formally establishing the world’s…
Cooley: Russia is Reluctant to Empower China in Central Asia
(CNBC) Beijing and Moscow are competing for influence and profits in Central Asia, invoking a centuries-old battle for the energy-rich area, but political pundits are at odds as to who's…
Wishnick: Odd timing for the Chinese government to perpetrate this type of attack
(WPTZ/CNN-Money) U.S. investigators say the Chinese government is behind a data breach that stole the personnel records of 4 million federal workers. Considering what was stolen from the Office of Personnel…