Global politics and commerce have long been centred on major basins, starting with the Mediterranean, then shifting to the Atlantic and later the Pacific oceans. In recent years, the Indian Ocean has emerged as the focus of a new geopolitical competition and a realm for promoting ‘South-South’ trade and investment, especially between China-India and Africa. [Read more...]
As China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) celebrates its 60th anniversary today, one thing we can be reasonably sure of is that it will expand dramatically over the coming decades, as the country seeks to protect its global supply chains and become a world power.
China’s economy has become more open to international trade over the [Read more...]
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