Snapshots Apr 21, 2021 | 20:52 GMTApr 21, 2021
Australia’s federalist system and the need to maintain trade and investment flows will limit attempts to shape Beijing’s economic footprint in the country.
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Assessments Apr 14, 2021 | 19:16 GMTApr 14, 2021
Tehran will aim to balance increased cooperation with Beijing by pursuing sanctions relief from the U.S. and overall deeper ties with Western countries.
Snapshots Oct 20, 2020 | 17:49 GMTOct 20, 2020
The move shows the White House remains committed to its security and economic engagements in the region, with an eye on countering China and Russia.
Snapshots Oct 6, 2020 | 16:32 GMTOct 6, 2020
The overnight seizure of government buildings cast doubt over President Jeenbekov’s continued rule, but the crisis is unlikely to shift the country’s overall policy direction.
Snapshots Sep 22, 2020 | 22:24 GMTSep 22, 2020
The IMF’s announced $1 billion disbursement will help fill some of Angola’s financing gaps, though there is clearly a market view that the country may still require more comprehensive debt restructuring.
Assessments Sep 11, 2020 | 15:40 GMTSep 11, 2020
As COVID-19 forces the EU to remain focused on recovering (and not enlarging) its economy, candidate countries such as Serbia risk veering away from the reforms they had been pursuing to earn their place in the bloc.
On Geopolitics Sep 7, 2020 | 10:00 GMTSep 7, 2020
With the pressures and opportunities of both a continental and maritime power, China faces an amphibian’s dilemma, as the characteristics best suited for life at sea and life at land may not always prove complementary.
By Rodger Baker
Snapshots Feb 5, 2020 | 17:57 GMTFeb 5, 2020
Fear is spreading faster than the coronavirus in Europe, complicating EU relations with China, the bloc's second-most important trading partner.
Assessments Jan 31, 2020 | 18:47 GMTJan 31, 2020
Extended quarantines and transit disruptions would inevitably weigh on China's industrial, manufacturing and commercial output and ripple across the globe.
Assessments Jan 16, 2020 | 09:30 GMTJan 16, 2020
With the West souring on Myanmar over its treatment of the Rohingya, China is positioned to make more inroads into its southern neighbor.
