by Afshin Molavi | Mar 6, 2019 | China/Middle East, Geopolitics, NewPost, Original Articles
Jonathan Fulton, author of China’s Relations with the Gulf Monarchies and a Professor at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, has a great new piece out in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage analysis section on the growing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
by Afshin Molavi | Feb 26, 2019 | China Economy, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China/Middle East, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, India Economy, India-MENA, Indian Ocean-istan, Japan Economy, NewPost, Oil and Gas, Original Articles, Pakistan Economy, Saudi Arabia Economy, South Korea
February 26, 2019 – Saudi Crown Mohammad bin Salman’s Tour of China, India, and Pakistan Accelerates the Kingdom’s Ongoing “Eastward Tilt” and Poses the Question: Have We Reached a Tipping Point? Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad...
by Afshin Molavi | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, China Economy, China/Middle East, Emerging Markets, North Africa Commerce/Economy, Saudi Arabia Economy, United Arab Emirates Economy, West Asia Economies
By Afshin Molavi China’s economy is slowing, which is both inevitable and alarming. Inevitable because no economy can defy gravity and grow at nearly double-digit rates on average for three decades, as China’s did from 1989 through 2018. And alarming because the...
by Afshin Molavi | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, China/Middle East, Demographics, Development, North Africa Commerce/Economy, West Asia Economies
A few months ago, a devastating hurricane tore through a stretch of beach in the US state of Florida, destroying homes in its path – with one exception. One house stood tall amid the wreckage, virtually intact with a few bruises here and there. It was no accident....
by Afshin Molavi | Feb 4, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, China/Middle East, Dubai, Egypt, FiveG (5G), Fourth Industrial Revolution, Logistics, NewPost, Original Articles, Tech Start-Ups
There’s a great piece in the Abu Dhabi-based English daily, The National, that explores the rise of China’s tech players in the UAE. The piece quotes extensively from my friend, Sam Blatteis, who is one of the sharpest analysts and consultants on the New...
