Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative now includes 147 countries and territories around the world that have signed up to participate in the scheme. This has resulted in a massive redevelopment and infrastructure push by Beijing, both to secure future supply lines and to develop new markets. China has been able to[…..]
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Op/Ed by Andre Wheeler History is littered with geo-political conflicts, unfortunately many used physical assets and intelligence networks to subdue their opponents. This was underpinned by the prevailing attitude that knowledge represented real power. However, as the global community developed, there has been a shift from the physical to cyber space. This is an interesting[…..]
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday that it had made its first investment in an Uzbek company for 10 years.
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What is missing from much of the dialogue on the Belt and Road Initiative has been the larger, and longer-term potential impact on trade.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said that he wants to sell shares in Uzbekistan’s state owned banks to strategic foreign investors to help modernise the sector. In his annual state-of-the-nation speech, which Mr Mirziyoyev uses to outline his agenda, he also said that he wanted to tear down a domestic migration system that restricts people[…..]
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Belt & Road Initiative projects that Chinese SOE’s have been undertaking overseas are being held up or suspended due to the Coronavirus. Many include hundreds if not thousands of Chinese workers, the majority of whom had returned to China for the Lunar New Year festivities. Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia have all closed their borders to[…..]