China’s exports to Central Asia are booming
Central Asia is becoming one of Eurasia’s main trade and transit hubs, with Kazakhstan in the forefront.
Javier M Piedra in asian news
Shanghai Cooperation Organization takes another giant step
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held its 24th summit of heads of state on July 4 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Major Western media excoriated the event when they didn’t ignore it all together but it proved to be one for the record books.
Listen to the popes on neoliberalism and the Global South
Just as Pope Paul VI’s controversial encyclical of 1968 – “Humanae Vitae” – foretold the demographic collapse now besetting much of the world, so his landmark “Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples” has proven prophetic since its publication in 1967.
Enter Kazkhstan in the rare earth race
With China controlling some 70% of the world’s production of rare earth elements (REE), Western powers are upping their investment in non-Chinese sources to hedge against potential supply disruptions. Increasingly, they see Kazakhstan as a possible major new source of the critically important materials.
Letter from Lucknow: Indians steer their own course
Last month, I spent a week with friends and former colleagues in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh and one of India’s most beautiful cities. My purpose was to determine if the views of Lucknow’s high society were substantially in sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s worldview and foreign-policy objectives. My conversations revealed a remarkable convergence of opinions.