Toronto, Atlanta (28/11 – 20) A wise old expression intones “Behind every bad borrower is a bad lender”. Like many such cute, amusing aphorisms, it is accurate as far as…
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London (07/11 – 71) For ten years now, the authorities of Tajikistan have been engaged in forced assimilation of the ethnic Pamiri people, giving away the heartlands to China for…
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Sri Lanka President to Visit China as Debt Talks Progress
Berlin (3/11 – 40) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit China in the upcoming week as the crisis-hit country makes progress on debt restructuring talks with its biggest lender.…
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Albanese To Be First Australian Prime Minister to Visit China Since 2016
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenSYDNEY —Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is eager to diffuse long-running trade and diplomatic tensions with China when he visits the country Nov. 4 through 7. A dispute over Australian…
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China Interested In Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Mineral Deposits
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenCentral Asia is one of the priority regional directions of China’s foreign policy, with developing land transport links making the region an important mineral resource base. China’s active policy has…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossBerlin (25/7 – 16.67) The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is the home to the Pamir…
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New Zealand Leader’s Plane So Prone to Breakdowns He Takes a Backup on China Trip
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesThe United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that…
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Australiansʼ Trust in Indonesia Suffers Over China Issue Despite 74 Years of Official Diplomatic Relations
A significant proportion of the Australian public places more trust in countries with which Canberra shares China-focused defense pacts than in Indonesia, a Lowy Institute survey has found ahead of…
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US Convenes Nuclear Weapons Meeting With China, France, Russia, UK
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossThe United States this month convened a meeting of working-level experts from China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom to discuss nuclear weapons issues including strategic risk reduction, the State…
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It is perhaps no surprise that Emmanuel Macron is in the middle of another big international row. France’s president likes to stir things up. It is his penchant, his trademark foible.…
