The ongoing discussion in many countries of the Asia-Pacific with regard to future attitude towards China, and the equivalent discussion in and among European countries regarding Russia – as exemplary shown in the context of the Skripal poisoning incident in London – have a common denominator. How should countries in either region handle their relations…
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Recent developments in and around Iran
[ ... ]Iran remains a topic in moves of world powers and others: a) the USA may follow increasingly Trump’s inclinations against Iran; b) France has unsuccessfully tried to mediate between Iran’s claims to a sovereign missile defence and the US’ tentative rejection of the Nuclear Agreement; c) Switzerland has upgraded its trade relations with Iran. The…
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Konfrontation mit China
[ ... ]Der laufende Prozess der Aufhebung der Amtszeitbeschränkung für den Präsidenten Chinas bedeutet voraussichtlich, dass Xi Jinping nun chinesischer Alleinherrscher auf Lebenszeit ist. Er hat damit seine Stellung intern so gefestigt, dass er sich voll auf sein Ziel konzentrieren kann, das Land zur politisch und wirtschaftlich führenden Weltmacht zu machen. Dies durch seine BRI (Belt and…
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India’s Prime Minister Modi and US-President Trump at the WEF 2018 in Davos
[ ... ]The leaders of two large economies at the World Economic Forum in Davos were invited to open resp. to close the debate. Stark contrast between the statements of India’s Prime Minister Modi and of US President Trump PM Modi was this year’s opening key note speaker at the WEF in Davos. You would have to…
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The geopolitical center of the world was not in Davos
[ ... ]While Trump in Davos dominated the media, real news was and is being made in the Asia-Pacific. China might be overreaching, India is strategically moving and Japan is busy with coordinating the anti-Chinese front. The only real news at Davos concerned the EU, not the Trumpian road show of an US neither led nor leading.…
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Iran gegen Saudiarabien, Einfluss der USA
[ ... ]Schiiten gegen Sunniten: ein religiöser Glaubenskrieg? Perser gegen Araber: ein ethnischer Krieg? Es geht um die alte Frage der Vorherrschaft am Persischen Golf. Iran ist im Aufstieg und Saudiarabien hat erkannt, dass es der Verlierer sein wird. Die Stellvertreterkriege in Syrien, Irak und Jemen sind Vorboten einer direkten Auseinandersetzung zwischen Iran und Saudiarabien. Der Einfluss…
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China’s ‘New Silk Road’
[ ... ]China had too much for its internal good. Both forex-reserves and industrial capacities. To reduce the former in this time of record low interest rates, ‘China Inc.’ has bought up Western companies at record rates. The latter stood at the outset of the gigantic project ‘New Silk Road’, also called OBOR (One Belt, One Road)…