Has America Lost Eurasia To China? | Opinion On 2/26/21 at 6:30 AM EST
Joe Biden received a cool reception from Europe this month at both the Group of 7 meeting and the Munich Security Conference. America is back, the new president declared, but no one on the Continent seemed to particularly care.
Biden s efforts to reinvigorate the transatlantic alliance fell flat, especially when he talked about containing militant China. China may be a neo-totalitarian state committing genocide and other crimes against humanity while invading its neighbors with impunity, but in some quarters that does not seem to matter. What matters is that last year, China surpassed the U.S. to become the European Union s largest merchandise trading partner.
By Jyotirmoy Banerjee
As early as 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of the need for U.S. naval cooperation with the Indian Navy, given the importance of the Indo-Pacific basin for world trade. Although the Pacific was already an American lake since the end of World War II,
1 in 2011 President Obama launched the new strategy of “rebalancing “Asia-Pacific as a “pivot.” This, notes a Philippine study,
2 was an indication of the growing alarm that the U.S. and many Indo-Pacific littorals continued to feel about the dramatic rise of China’s economic and military power. Further, as a U.S. commentary noted, “China scared everybody into our arms”
By Alemayehu G, Mariam
Folded Arms: How are we going to sock it to Ethiopia?
An old African saying teaches, “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. I say, “When the dragon and eagle fight on the Ethiopian grass, there will be one and ONLY one winner. The Black Lion! Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: I refer to my previous commentaries (Part I and Part II) on my extremely pessimistic prognostications on U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration. In this commentary, I shall discuss what I believe will be the second pillar of U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration: Defeating China in Ethiopia and thereby significantly diminishing and containing China’s influence throughout Africa. [1]
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China s International Development Cooperation in the New Era China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-11 00:00 Editor s Note: China s State Council Information Office issued a white paper titled China s International Development Cooperation in the New Era , on Sunday. Full text below:
Preface II.Achieving New Progress in International Development Cooperation III.Boosting International Cooperation on the Belt and Road IV.Contributing to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development V.Responding to Global Humanitarian Challenges Together VI.Supporting the Endogenous Growth of Developing Countries VII.Strengthening International Exchanges and Tripartite Cooperation VIII.Future Prospects for China s International Development Cooperation
China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Wednesday.