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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China’s ‘neue Seidenstrasse’
[ ... ]Um seine gigantischen Fremdwährungsreserven angesichts historisch tiefer Zinssätze gewinnbringend anzulegen, hat ‘China Inc.’ in letzter Zeit im grossen Stil westliche Unternehmen aufgekauft, darunter auch schweizerische. Ebenfalls als Notüberlauf interner Überschüsse begann das Projekt ‘Neue Seidenstrasse’, oder OBOR (‘One Belt, One Road’) Initiative – bessere Verbindungen auf dem Land- und Seeweg von China nach Europa und…
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US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
[ ... ]Strategic consequences of US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: Iran is gaining in the regional power equation. The US President’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital breaks with a decade-old position of US presidents not to adhere to Israel’s most fundamental claim. The decision has triggered wide-spread opposition in the Muslim world and…