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Turkey’s financial crisis raises questions about China’s debt-driven development model

Credit: Daily Reckoning Australia By James M. Dorsey Financial injections by Qatar and possibly China may resolve Turkey’s immediate...

Saudi oil shipment halt: A potential watershed in the Yemen war

By James M. Dorsey A spike in oil prices as a result of a temporary halt in shipments through the strategic Bab el Mandeb strait may be...

Pakistan’s financial crisis puts Belt and Road on the spot

By James M. Dorsey Increased Pakistani dependence on China to help it avert resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid a...

Shooting an Own Goal: China’s Belt and Road funding terms spark criticism

By James M. Dorsey Steep commercial terms for China’s investment in infrastructure projects across Eurasia related to its Belt and Road...

Crisis in the Maldives: A geopolitical chess game

Credit: Siddhant Gupta / The Print By James M. Dorsey The outcome of a power struggle in the Maldives that has sparked declaration of an...

Iranian protests expose contours of leadership in the Muslim world

Source: Wikimedia Commons By James M. Dorsey If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated...

A game of chess: Gulf crisis expands into the Horn of Africa

By James M. Dorsey The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts....

Stepping up the pressure: Saudi strong arms Muslim nations to take sides in Gulf crisis

By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia, in a first move to pressure mostly Muslim states to join its campaign against Qatar, has persuaded six...

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