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RBI), China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement with Iran. Beijing and Tehran are both rivals of Washington and long-standing allies of each other, and what was signed was the result of years of government efforts. At that time, Iran's exports to China were $8.9 billion and its imports were $ ...
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RBI). The route would act as a serious competitor to China’s projects in the Caspian Sea basin and could affect East-West transit flows and jeopardize Beijing’s investments in the region.
The US is trying to support any project that would reduce the dependence of Central Asian and Cauca ...
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Moreover, unlike many Western countries, China has taken a pragmatic approach. Beijing has not yet recognized the Taliban but has expanded its diplomatic and economic relations with them, and this policy of practical acceptance without formal recognition allows Chi ...
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For decades, the West wielded decisive influence in crisis management through military and security pacts. But with Asia now building up its own security cooperation under the SC ...
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5. A means for power balance with Russia and Iran
The US could have used Bagram to monitor Russia's influence in Central Asia and Iran's activities to its west. Both Moscow and Tehran viewed the base as a symbol of Washington's enduring presence in their respective ba ...
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The C5+1 summits should be regarded as a reflection of the main lines of the US policy in Eurasia. In the US National Security Strategy (2017 and 2022 versio ...
RBI). It also signed infrastructure and energy agreements with Beijing and the Chinese state oil company holds shares in the Cuban oil exploration, but compared to bigger Latin American markets, Cuba is a small point for the Chinese foreign economic policy.
China’s bilateral trade with Cuba t ...
RBI and China’s active role in such emerging institutions as BRICS and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are parts of Chinese strategy to fill the vacuum to emerge from American retreat or unpredictable behavior.
Meanwhile, Washington’s economic supremacy, for decades anchored ...