China’s BRI & AIBB – Minus U.S. & Japan

By on March 19, 2018 in Africa, Americas, Asia, BRIC, BRICS, Canada, Central Asia, China, Economics, Business, Finance, Economy, Energy, Eurasia, Europe, Gas, India, International Relations/Geopolitics, Islam, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Migration & Immigration, Oil, One Belt-One Road, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, The Middle East, The West, Trans-Caucasus, Transport, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan

China’s Long-Term Strategy vs The West’s Civil War and Short-Termism While the effectively bankrupt West is tearing itself apart and undermining its society, economy and science, China is not just getting on with it, but forging ahead. A good starting point in understanding what is happening now, with all the…

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The Struggle for Democracy has Begun

By on August 04, 2016 in Central Asia, China, Islam, Russia, The Middle East, Turkey, United States

For decades, we have been taking our freedom for granted. But suddenly authoritarian populists are threatening liberal societies worldwide. Time to wake up. Die Zeit, 4 August 2016. *** The headline and subtitle come from Die Zeit, Germany’s most prestigious and “highbrow” weekly broadsheet. Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was…

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