China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’
China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare earths, including processing…
How Trump’s Iran ‘own goal’ is hitting long-term US strategy to contain Chinese influence
The United States has spent decades trying to blunt China’s strategic rise. Yet in the Middle East, sanctions…
Opinion | China’s Iran strategy an exercise in power without projection
The spectacle of US President Donald Trump thanking China for staying “neutral” with regard to the US-Israeli war…
Southeast Asia barely features in America’s new security strategy
Washington’s latest national security blueprint may be one of its most consequential in years, yet it barely mentions…
China’s copper heartland vows to build US$28 billion empire, dominate in global market
A key industrial hub in eastern China is launching a push to transform itself into one of the…
Georgia Is Slipping Away – Ian Kelly, David J. Kramer
One year ago, the European Parliament, a number of European capitals, and the United States criticized the fraudulent…
Nepal’s political turmoil not expected to have major impact on relations with China
China’s swift recognition of Nepal’s interim government reflects Beijing’s interest in regional stability, according to analysts who said…
No India, no go? Why a new China-led South Asian bloc may falter
A fresh push by China and Pakistan to redraw the map of South Asian cooperation risks stumbling at…