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Eurasia takes shape: How the SCO just flipped the world order
As a rudderless West watched on, the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was laser-focused on two key deliverables: shaping up Afghanistan and kicking off a full-spectrum Eurasian integration.
Sep 22, 2021
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Predictions for 2023? Annus horribilis with some surprising upsides
The Cradle's writers offer up their predictions for 2023. The common theme is massive global shifts, some good, some bad.
Jan 09, 2023
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Eurasia’s Middle Corridor: An Atlanticist frenzy to stifle Europe-Asia integration
Geopolitical interests between the Anglo-American establishment and the Sino-Russian-led axis will clash over the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.
Jan 02, 2023
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Palestinian, Chinese Presidents discuss economic cooperation in Saudi Arabia
The Chinese President extended an invitation to President Mahmoud Abbas to visit China, to boost bilateral relations
Dec 08, 2022
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Arab leaders flock to Saudi Arabia as Chinese president receives lavish welcome
Heads of state from across West Asia and North Africa are set to take part in two major summits with the Chinese president
Dec 08, 2022
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‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be driven by ‘responsible powers’ Russia and China
The SCO summit of Asian power players delineated a road map for strengthening the multipolar world
Sep 16, 2022
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Peace with Syria: The final piece in Turkey’s foreign policy puzzle
Ankara has managed to reset relations with several neighbors, yet normalization with Damascus has remained the most elusive, until recently. Why now? And what will it take?
Aug 15, 2022
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‘Independent nations must counteract illegal sanctions by US’: Sergei Lavrov
The Russian FM called for a full restoration of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and condemned the Israeli airstrike which crippled Damascus International Airport
Jun 23, 2022
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Juggling grenades: To contain China, the US will ignore Russia in India
Divergent policies on Moscow will not get in the way of Indo-US efforts to counter Beijing’s regional influence.
May 26, 2022
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At Moscow meeting, Russia and Iran choreograph new moves
Tehran and Moscow appear to have dispensed with thorny setbacks to their relationship and look set to strike comprehensive new bilateral and multilateral arrangements
Mar 16, 2022
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The Last American War … will be in Europe
Two weeks into the Ukraine conflict, the Atlantic alliance is already fraying. Europe, which helped destroy much of West Asia, is now the battlefield for the Last American War.
Mar 09, 2022
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Iran-Russia hit maximum strategy
Three ain't a crowd: The Iran-Russia summit this week, concurrent with RIC military drills in the Sea of Oman, in advance of a Xi-Putin meeting in two weeks, suggests a rapidly-advancing strategic vision for the three Eurasian powers.
Jan 21, 2022
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Turkey’s existential choice: BRI or bust
Turkey may be where east meets west, but it can no longer afford to straddle two opposing geoeconomic agendas vying to define West and Central Asia's development. Ankara must choose, and soon.
Oct 04, 2021
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Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive
Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.
Dec 16, 2022
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Everybody wants to hop on the BRICS Express
Eurasia is about to get a whole lot larger as countries line up to join the Chinese and Russian-led BRICS and SCO, to the detriment of the west
Oct 27, 2022
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How a missile in Kabul connects to a Speaker in Taipei
Washington’s hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations.
Aug 03, 2022
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India-Russia-Iran: Eurasia’s new transportation powerhouses
No longer just an 'alternative route' on a drawing board, the International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is paying dividends in a time of global crisis. And Moscow, Tehran and New Delhi are now leading players in the Eurasian competition for transportation routes.
Jul 19, 2022
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The Empire is not done torturing Afghanistan
Despite its resounding defeat, NATO is not quite done with inflicting misery on the land of the Afghans
Jul 05, 2022
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Behind the Tin Curtain: BRICS+ vs NATO/G7
The west is nostalgically caught up with outdated 'containment' policies, this time against Global South integration. Unfortunately for them, the rest of the world is moving on, together.
Jun 28, 2022
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St. Petersburg sets the stage for the War of Economic Corridors
In St. Petersburg, the world's new powers gather to upend the US-concocted “rules-based order” and reconnect the globe their way
Jun 18, 2022
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NATO vs Russia: what happens next
In Davos and beyond, NATO's upbeat narrative plays like a broken record, while on the ground, Russia is stacking up wins that could sink the Atlantic order.
May 24, 2022
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Erdogan in Kiev, Putin in Beijing: can neo-Ottomanism fit into Greater Eurasia?  
Reporting from Istanbul: As the world turns further over monumental announcements from the Putin-Xi summit in Beijing, Turkey's Erdogan keeps walking a thinning tightrope between NATO and Eurasia
Feb 04, 2022
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US begins ‘largest ever’ naval drills in the Red Sea alongside regional allies
For the first time ever Israel will participate in naval drills with several nations it does not have formal relations with, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman
Feb 01, 2022
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Checkmate: Iran is spearheading a geopolitical sea change in West Asia
While the west bangs on about Vienna talks, sanctions and military options, Iran has been quietly building a vast network of alternative solutions to cement its Asian ascent
Dec 24, 2021
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Assad, Syria and China’s new Silk Road
Count on Syria becoming an important West Asian hub in China's Belt and Road Initiative
Dec 07, 2021
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An Emirati Trojan horse in Turkey
Erdogan welcomed MbZ with open arms and gained $10 billion for it; chump change for the Emirati crown prince who is on a quest to reshape West Asia
Dec 02, 2021
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Russia is primed for a Persian Gulf security ‘makeover’
Russia is the one state with the necessary clout, tools, sweeteners and relationships to nudge the Persian Gulf into a new security paradigm
Dec 01, 2021
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String of pearls: Yemen could be the Arab hub of the Maritime Silk Road
With an Ansarallah takeover of Yemen, Asia's trade and connectivity projects could expand into some of the world's most strategic waterways
Nov 19, 2021
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