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  July 2, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Uzbekistan – An Economic Role Model For Central Asia’s Belt & Road Initiative

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Infrastructure developments and financial reforms are positioning Uzbekistan as a Central Asian foreign investment role model  Landlocked Uzbekistan is full of the romance of the old Silk Roads, with ancient and internationally famous cities such as Samarkand, Tashkent and Bukhara all in possession of Central Asian myths, beauty, and romance. Yet[…..]
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  June 30, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kazakhstan: The Belt & Road Highway To Europe & Central Asia

  Kazakhstan will develop as a major Eurasian service center for continental trade and logistics Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world. Sharing a 1,783 km border to the East with China, together with a slice of Western Mongolia, it also borders Russia to the north, and Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and[…..]
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  June 29, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kyrgyzstan And The Belt & Road Initiative: Trans Central Asian Road & Rail Connectivity & Added Value Manufacturing Services

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis    Kyrgyzstan is another Central Asian country with a sizeable border with China’s Xinjiang Province, some 1,063 km in length from the tripoint with Kazakhstan, following a roughly south-west line across various mountain ridges and peaks of the Tian Shan mountain range to the border with Tajikistan.
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  June 28, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Need For Greater Eurasian Digitization

  Eurasia accounts for nearly 80% of global ecommerce sales Yaroslav Lissovolik, of Sberbanks’ Analytical Division for Global Markets has called for a ‘Digital platform for Eurasia’ that could help unite the entire region.
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  June 28, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Conquering The Mountains: Tajikistan And The Belt And Road Initiative

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Tajik connectivity roads, rail, tunnels, energy and IT infrastructure developments are all being put in place to trade-liberate this landlocked mountain nation Tajikistan is the poorest country and smallest country in the Central Asian region, landlocked, with mountainous terrain maintaining a highly conservative, somewhat isolated Muslim population. The country shares a[…..]
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  June 27, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – June 28 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion New Refinitiv Belt & Road Infrastructure 2021 Report (Silk Road Briefing) China Belt & Road ‘Not Ideological’ – Foreign Minister (South China Morning Post) Questions Raised Over G7 Plans To Take On China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Global Trade Review) Why G7 Leader’s Rival Plan To China’s Belt[…..]
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  June 25, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkmenistan: Gradually Opening To The World Via Belt & Road Trade

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis New infrastructure increasing national connectivity East and West Turkmenistan in most regards has been closed off to the world. However, due to its need to see infrastructure and energy projects move ahead, the country is beginning to become more accessible, on a gradual, step by step basis. Curiously, it is the much-maligned[…..]
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  June 24, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  New Refinitiv Belt & Road Infrastructure 2021 Report

  Impact of RCEP & CPTPP Free Trade Agreements Upon The BRI Refinitiv has just released their new report into China’s Belt and Road Initiative, titled “Infrastructure 360 – Progressing Through The Pandemic”. Dezan Shira & Associates assisted with some of the commentary and opinion. The report includes analysis of how the RCEP and CPTPP free[…..]
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  June 22, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Why Can’t The G7 Build A Belt & Road? Because They Can’t Afford To

  A lack of investment capital and a technical engineering gap is hindering the West’s competition with China  Op/ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The G7’s announcement last week that they would work together to provide an infrastructure alternative to China’s Belt & Road Initiative, the ‘Build Back Better World’ Program, or “B3W” raised a great deal of[…..]
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  June 21, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkmenistan Fiscal Data Dropped By World Bank

  The World Bank has refused to include official financial data provided by the Turkmenistan government in its bi-annual Global Economic Outlook report. The report is used as a benchmark for lenders and other financial institutions on an international basis as a tool to evaluate investment and economic prospects. The reason given was due to the[…..]