Central Asia Could Be the Key to Driving a Wedge Between Russia and China

by Ian Morris Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) holds a portrait of his father during the Immortal Regiment, a rally […]

By Aidualc | 24 Jun 22 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Economy of Ukraine and Geopolitical Threats

Ukraine took a place of a hot topic in news reports and analytical observations in the last several months. Nevertheless, […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 11 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Ambitions in Xinjiang and Central Asia

From Stratfor, In mid-September Chinese President Xi Jinping rounded out a 10-day tour of Central Asia that included state visits […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Oct 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Azerbaijan’s Developing Economy and Investment opportunities

Azerbaijan is an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy (with the completion of […]

By M Guliyev | 27 Nov 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Regions, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

New investment boosts construction sector in Kazakhstan

Increasing activity in Kazakhstan’s construction sector is a positive signal to businesses and professionals considering marketplace entry or expansion. PMR […]

By pmr | 23 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Cement markets in CIS countries continue to grow

With an 11% growth in cement consumption in 2010 and a further 12% growth expected for 2011, cement producers in […]

By pmr | 21 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

New Silk Road could revitalize war-torn Afghanistan

By Prof. Li Xiguang, Global Research.ca,   For thousands of years, the Pamir passes have served as the crossroads of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China set to unearth shale power

By Aizhu Chen, Reuters, YUANBA, China (Reuters) – China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

Descending a Mine Shaft in the Kazakhstan Steppes

From Mark Mobius Blog, Happy New Year, readers! I’d like to start off this year telling you about another adventure […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Feb 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)