More research from my recent trip to Central Asia, this time a detailed piece on China and Tajikistan’s budding relationship for Jamestown’s China Brief. Very interesting to compare Tajikistan with regards the other countries, where China clearly has more invested. Lacking a market and much connectivity into Chinese routes to Europe or to ports in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China and the world’
Beijing Lays the Groundwork in Tajikistan: A View from the Ground
Posted: May 27, 2012 in China BriefTags: Central Asia, China, China and the world, China-Central Asia, China-Tajikistan, Tajikistan
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China Digs in to Afghanistan
Posted: May 25, 2012 in The National InterestTags: Afghanistan, Amu Darya, Aynak, China, China and the world, China-Afghanistan, Chinese investment
Another piece for The National Interest, looking this time at China-Afghanistan. A topic I have covered a few times in the past, but this time based off a research trip there. We actually wrote this the day after Obama’s visit to Kabul which took place overnight. We went to bed hearing it was coming and [...]
The Irkeshtam Border Pass Between China and Kyrgyzstan
Posted: May 23, 2012 in China in Central AsiaTags: Central Asia, China, China and the world, China-Central Asia, China-Kyrgyzstan, Chinese foreign policy, Irkeshtam, kyrgyzstan
Another post for the site I manage as part of my China and Central Asia work, this time looking at my experiences visiting the Irkeshtam Pass between China and Kyrgyzstan. A fascinating trip, with some of the pictures courtesy of the lovely Sue Anne Tay. The Irkeshtam Border Pass Between China and Kyrgyzstan By Raffaello [...]
China and Turkey Revive Silk Road
Posted: May 23, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Central Asia, China, China and the world, China-Central Asia, China-Turkey, Chinese foreign policy, Turkey, xinjiang
Another piece building on my growing body of China-Central Asia work, this time for a new outlet The Commentator, but alongside my usual co-author Alex. For a more concentrated look at my work on this topic, please check out the other site I co-edit: http://www.chinaincentralasia.com China and Turkey Revive Silk Road By Alexandros Petersen and [...]
The Clash of Eurasian Grand Strategies
Posted: May 1, 2012 in Atlantic, The National InterestTags: China, China and the world, China-Central Asia, China-Russia, China-US, Chinese foreign policy, Kazakhstan, New Eurasian Landbridge, New Silk Road, SCO
A new big think piece for The National Interest that has already been re-posted on The Atlantic’s site under the title ‘The New Great Game: Development, Not Domination, in Central Asia.’ It is another piece to emerge as part of the project that I have been working on with Alex and which is primarily housed [...]
China and Turkey Reprise the Silk Road
Posted: April 25, 2012 in South China Morning PostTags: China, China and the world, China-Central Asia, China-Turkey, Chinese foreign policy, xinjiang
Another short op-ed for the South China Morning Post (with Alex Petersen, co-editor of this other site), this time looking at Sino-Turkish relations in the wake of Erdogan’s recent visit, focusing particularly on how Central Asia figures between them. One of the most interesting things about this whole visit was Erdogan’s stop in Xinjiang which was [...]
Contest over Central Asia between allies
Posted: March 20, 2012 in South China Morning PostTags: Central Asia, China, China and the world, China-Russia, Chinese foreign policy, energy, Russia
Veering away from my recent spate of terrorism related articles, a new op-ed for the South China Morning Post, a newspaper I have written for before on China-Central Asia with the same co-author, my friend Li Lifan. This uses the recent Russian election as a spring-board for some analysis of China’s relations with Russia and Central [...]
The Dangers on the Path of Being a Large Power
Posted: February 8, 2012 in Oriental Morning PostTags: China, China and the world, China-Africa, China-Libya, Chinese foreign policy, kidnapping
A new article in today’s 东方早报 (Oriental Morning Post), a daily paper in China that I write a semi-regular column for. This was intended to come out last week talking a bit about China’s growing problems with citizens abroad and the dangerous places they are, and was meant to be pegged to the kidnapping the workers in [...]
Middle East Challenges Facing China in 2012
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Oriental Morning PostTags: arab spring, Central Asia, China, China and central asia, China and the middle east, China and the world, Chinese foreign policy, Confucius Institutes, kyrgyzstan, lone wolves, terrorism, xinjiang
A new article for 东房早报 (the Oriental Morning Post) the Chinese newspaper I sometimes contribute to about what China faces with regards the Middle East and the fall-out from the so-called Arab Spring of last year. I have also been doing a few media appearances, including being quoted in an article for Voice of America about [...]
Can China’s Centre Hold?
Posted: November 26, 2011 in ProspectTags: China, China and the world, Chinese foreign policy, xinjiang
An article for Prospect, a British political magazine, looking at the phenomenon of the growing diffusion of power in China. Not a subject I have done a huge amount about, and is really an off-shoot of other work, but it is a fact that I have encountered in China and that I find increasingly interesting [...]
