Tag: China

Wars, Shifts and Changes

While most attention is drawn to Israel these days, and even the agressive war of Russia in Ukraine does...

Zentralasien im Spannungsfeld von China und Russland

...war das Thema einer Präsentation, mit der ich die Region Zentralasien vorstellen durfte. Zwei große Nachbarn umschließen Zentralasien: China und...

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling: EU – China

The middle corridor of the new Silk Road handles much freight that was subtracted from the Northern Route via Russia. New train routes are planned.

China in Hamburg?

  Hamburg Harbor may soon see a lot of Chinese: the Chinese „COSCO“ wants to buy a good share of...

Kyrgyzstan – Tajikistan border fighting

Fighting at the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has been reported already for the third day. In the Tajik...

SCO Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. September 15-16, 2022

The sun will be shining, but the topics are dark. Heads of State from  Russia and China, Turkey and...

Kasachstan – ein Funke reichte

Ein Funke reichte, um das Land zu entzünden. Die Situation ist schon lange angespannt. Es sind nicht die ersten...

Freie Fahrt durch Afghanistan

Freie Fahrt durch Afghanistan - darum geht es am kommenden Freitag auf einer hochrangigen Konferenz in Taschkent, Usbekistan. Die...

On the New Silk Road – (Website starting photo May 16 – 23)

Im May 2018 I had the opportunity to spend several days travelling through the northern half of Kyrgyzstan. It...

The EU in Central Asia

Abstract: It was the need for energy, independent from Russian sources, that started the Central Asia Initiative of the European...

Usbekistan beobachtet die EAWU

Usbekistan und die EAWU, die Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion (Binnenmarkt mit Zollunion: Russland, Kasachstan, Kirgistan, Belarus und Armenien) - beitreten oder...

War in Caucasus: A chessboard of interests

War -  not unexpected, but surely a situation all sides of the conflict had tried to avoid. Another tragic...