Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 19 Issue 7 - The war in Ukraine provided Serbia with an opportunity to continue and boost the policy, which was already unfolding even before the war, of replacing Russia with China as Serbia’s primary non-Western partner.
On April 21st, 2022, China announced the launch of six new warships and two types of advanced vessel-based helicopters, confirming Beijing’s strategy to play a decisive role in the Asia-Pacific region and contrast U.S. military presence in the area.
China showed on national television its military hardware such as the two aircraft carriers Shandong and Liaoning which might be deployed in the South China Sea to expand Beijing's control and influence in the region.
Beijing deployed J-20 fighter jets in the South China Sea, confirming its military strategy and geopolitical interests in the region and its will to counter any external military forces in the area.
The recent Tajikistan-China business forum to develop investment cooperation highlighted Beijing's economic strategy in the Central Asian republic and Dushanbe's attempt to diversify its economy and attract more Chinese investors in its infrastructural projects.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 16 Issue 3 - In the geopolitical project presented in 2013 by the Xi Jinping Presidency for the Asia-Pacific region called China Dream, Beijing attributed a high degree of geostrategic importance to the coastline of the Asian mainland.
China has invested substantial financial amounts in Central Asia creating an economic dependence and strong connection between Beijing and Central Asian republics. Chinese economic presence in Central Asia might threaten Moscow's Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Kremlin's desire to remain the leading geopolitical actor in this region.
Recent separate summits between China, India and Central Asian republics stressed New Delhi - Beijing's competition in the region and their attempt to influence local dynamics exploiting the current situation in Afghanistan, economic cooperation, investments in infrastructural projects, and security cooperation against terrorism.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 15 Issue 9 - The opening of the first Chinese consulate in Iran, in the port city of Bandar Abbas, will boost Beijing's investments on the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman. Beijing aims to establish several Chinese companies in the Makran region and connect Iranian ports to its Belt and Road Initiative.
Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 15 Issue 4 - Although China's economic growth has slowed in recent months due to several COVID-19 outbreaks, energy shortages and a regulatory crackdown in some sectors, the overall economic recovery is stable. Annual GDP growth is expected to reach 8% in 2021, down 0.1 from the July forecast.
In connection with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian states, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yi, confirmed Beijing's commitment and strategy in Central Asia and the Chinese desire to expand further cooperation and partnership in the region.
Geopolitical Report 2785-2598 Volume 14 Issue 6 - The geostrategic importance that the Japanese Senkaku archipelago has assumed in recent years can be traced back to the geopolitical priorities identified by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States recognisable as the two most militarily equipped countries in the north-west Asia-Pacific area.
Geopolitical Report 2785-2598 Volume 14 Issue 2 - Amid the burgeoning sentimental relationship between Beijing and the resurrected Taliban's Emirate 2.0, the al Qaeda-affiliated Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) has aggravated its propaganda war against Communist China, hence cleverly concealing its historically faithful jihadi bonds with the Afghan Taliban.
Geopolitical Report 2785-2598 Volume 14 Issue 1 - The Island of Guam in the Asia-Pacific region plays a decisive role for the U.S. military and geopolitical strategy in countering Chinese expansion and influence in the area.
Geopolitical Report 2785-2598 Volume 13 Issue 12 - The presence of Uyghur suicide bombers in the ranks of the Islamic State-Khorasan increases Beijing's fears about the threat to China's national security emanating from Afghanistan.