by root | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, China Economy, Geopolitics, Globalization, NewPost, Original Articles
Guest Comment – By Oliver Stelling In September, China’s Foreign Minister embarked on a goodwill tour of Europe. Expectations were high that he would manage to repair strained ties with the bloc. It wasn’t meant to be. His charm offensive fell flat. Wang made...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 2, 2020 | Belt and Road Initiative, NewPost, Southeast Asia
Nikkei Asian Review has a good piece on the fate of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Some excerpts from the piece below: Some think a weakened China will have little choice but to step back and reassess its foreign...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, Europe, FiveG (5G), Mediterranean Sea Region, NewPost
The recently elected Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was in Washington this week, doing the rounds, and I attended his highly engaging session at the Atlantic Council on Tuesday. He made a compelling case for the “Greece is back” narrative,...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, Central Asia and Caucuses, China Economy, China/Middle East, Emerging Markets, Europe, Geopolitics, NewPost, Rail Links, Southeast Asia, West Asia Economies
In one of the most memorable lines from Ernest Hemingway’s classic work, The Sun Also Rises, one of the lead characters was asked how he went bankrupt. His response? “It happened gradually, and then suddenly.” I often think of that line as I reflect...
by Afshin Molavi | Jul 27, 2019 | Africa Business, Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, DubaiSilkRoad, Mediterranean Sea Region, North Africa Commerce/Economy, West Asia Economies
By Afshin Molavi – Shortly before Greece’s recent election, the gifted orator and then-Prime Minister Alexei Tsipras delivered a rousing speech to a cheering throng of supporters, at one point declaring that his main opponent could not achieve what he was...
by Afshin Molavi | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, China/Middle East, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, Globalization, Ports, Shipping
October 2018 – By Afshin Molavi – When Chinese President Xi Jinping flew to Africa on his way to the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit this past summer, he followed a route that has become familiar to many Chinese travelers: he...
