Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion New China lnvestment Guide: Identifyng Opportunities Within China’s Belt & Road Initiative (China Briefing) Why the Afghanistan Peace Process Is Vital to the Belt & Road Initiative (Silk Road Briefing) RCEP Foreign Ministers Meet in China: Report & Analysis (Silk Road Briefing) China’s Belt & Road Initiative in[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Why the Afghanistan Peace Process is Vital to China’s Belt & Road Initiative Breakdown in peace talks leave China, Russia, India & Pakistan picking up the pieces China trade deals with Iran and Saudi Arabia part of the process At stake is the future of Central AsiaÂ
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis 20 of the 40 Invitations are to BRI signatories Potential policy change for US engagement rather than detachment over global infrastructure and climate needs. Follows rancorous meetings with China in Alaska Whether by accident or design, the Virtual Summit to which US President Joe Biden has invited 40 of the world’s[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to resolve their border dispute, which dates back 30 years to 1991 and the breakup of the Soviet Union. The resolution comes as the entire Central Asian region is preparing for greater Asian connectivity. It is almost certain that China will have had some role to[…..]
Op/By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea Hold Individual Discussions  Australia and New Zealand’s Membership Of Five Eyes Puts RCEP Trade Participation In Doubt East Asia To Be The Hub Of Global Trade Growth
Dezan Shira & Associates, the Asian focused foreign investment practice, have released a guidebook written by Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the practice Chairman and long-term Asia hand. The guide, “Identifying Opportunities Within the Belt & Road Initiative” comprises 142 pages and differs from most other BRI publications by breaking down the legal, tax and financial structures making[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion New Complimentary Book: Identifying Opportunities Within The Belt & Road Initiative (Dezan Shira & Associates) A New Global Paradigm With China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative (Research & Markets) Maritime Silk Road Research Is Published (Shine) Competing With China: Lessons From The Belt & Road (CFR) With The[…..]
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Last week, the US President Joe Biden stated that the United States would be launching its own version of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, saying that in a call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “I suggested we should have, essentially, a similar initiative, pulling from the democratic states, helping those communities[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Full reports and analysis from Wang’s visits to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman US$400 billion Cooperation Agreement signed with Iran
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis While the Suez Canal has been blocked the past week, affecting up to US$30 billion worth of goods and creating massive logistics headaches, questions are being asked about future blockage scenarios and mitigation against the worst impacts. In fact, one option is already coming onstream – the International North-South Transportation Corridor[…..]