The New Silk Road passes through Iran
The land part of the New Silk Road project runs through northern Iran, opening up possibilities for cooperation between the US and Beijing.
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Bad is better than worst, but Europe has lost out in the endeavour
The Eurozone, and by extension the EU adn Europe, has avoided a serious trip-up with Greece, although the danger is by no means past.
The Caliphate, an idea with a territory
Daesh is going for effective control of territory: hence using the name ‘State’, since the fundamental objective of its leader is to establish a caliphate.
The euro: uncertainty about tomorrow, but plans for 2025
We do not know what is going to happen to the Greeks and the Euro zone in less than a week, but the EU’s institutions are already thinking and planning ahead for 2025.
Morón Air Base: strategic interests and the culture of security
Rota naval base and a now revitalised Morón Air Base provide the US with a logistics platform for the South and East, while it is also in Spain’s interest.
No longer emerging economies, downwardly mobile
The emerging economies have stopped doing so, or at least they will do so much more slowly, according to the latest report of the World Bank.
30 years later: is the EU becoming too narrow for Spain?
Perhaps Europe is becoming too small for Spain and other European countries including Germany. By becoming more global they are becoming less European.
Goodbye to an ever closer EU, or perhaps not?
David Cameron wants a looser EU and powers to be repatriated from Brussels the next time the treaties are reformed. He is not alone in wanting that.
Chinamerica
The term Chinamerica began to be applied as the description of a new reality that had emerged over the previous decade, linking China and Latin America.
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