China unveils grand Eurasian strategy
M.K.Bhadrakumar 3rd September, 2012 The meeting of the China-Eurasian Forum in Urumqi, Xinjiang, on Sunday makes an interesting move in regional cooperation on the part of Beijing. The presence of...
View ArticleIran tests America’s grasp of reality
Pepe Escobar Asia Times 8th December, 2012 In Election 2012’s theater-of-the-absurd “foreign policy” debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times. Despite all the fear, loathing, threats, and lies in...
View ArticlePipelineistan and the New Silk Road(s)
Pepe Escobar Asia Times 31st May, 2013 This is a version of a paper presented this week at the annual conference of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore. SINGAPORE – Ask...
View ArticleThe future visible in St Petersburg
Pepe Escobar Asia Times 29th May, 2014 The unipolar model of the world order has failed. – Vladimir Putin, St Petersburg, May 22 In more ways than one, last week heralded the birth of aEurasian...
View ArticleNew Silk Road could change global economics forever
Zero Hedge 23rd May, 2015 Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world. Now, the ancient cities of Samarkand,...
View ArticleSilk Road: first train arrives in Iran from China
Silk Road’ trade route revived as first train arrives in Iran from China with goods ABC 16th February, 2016 The first train to connect China and Iran has arrived in Tehran loaded with Chinese goods,...
View ArticleChina widens its Silk Road to the world
Pepe Escobar Asia Times 13th May, 2017 Let’s cut to the chase. China’s new ‘Silk Road’ initiative is the only large-scale, multilateral development project that the 21st century has seen so far. Read...
View ArticleThe New Silk Road will go through Syria
Pepe Escobar Asia Times 13th July, 2017 Amid the proverbial doom and gloom pervading all things Syria, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune sometimes yield, well, good fortune. Read moreFiled...
View ArticleWork begins soon to bring Haiti into ‘Silk Road’
The Silk Road is reaching right into the US backyard Telesur 1st September, 2017 The People’s Republic of China is preparing to carry through with plans to invest a massive US$30 billion in developing...
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