Posts Tagged ‘SCO’
Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2009
Pepe Escobar
Voltairenet.org
14th May, 2009
Nothing of significance takes place in Eurasia without an energy angle. In this insightful analysis, global reporter Pepe Escobar focuses on the ongoing energy struggle across “Pipelineistan” and the Great Game of business, diplomacy and proxy war between Russia and the U.S. He delves into tumultuous Central and South Asia and the “AfPak” battleground. There, U.S. planes and unmanned aerial drones are killing combatants as well as civilians, while, in Afghanistan, Washington continues to build new military bases. Under the carnage of war, courses the Liquid War. Just how the energy flows and through which territories controlled by whom can make – quite literally – a world of difference, even though it rarely captures our attention.
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Posted by seumasach on May 3, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
2nd May, 2009
Westernism is giving way to Orientalism in Moscow’s outlook, if the past week’s happenings are any guide. As Russia’s ties with the West deteriorate, an upswing in its strategic partnership with China becomes almost inevitable.
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Posted by seumasach on March 10, 2009
It looks like the New Cold War is already over as, not only have US/UK efforts to put a wedge between Iran and Russia have clearly failed, but NATO dependence on Russia with regard to Afghan supllies is confirmed. We can now expect Russian diplomacy to become more forceful with their brokering of a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East back on the agenda:
Also, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week, “[The] American side should join the position of the ‘[Iran] Six’ [the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany] not only on paper, but also the talks with Iran as proposed by the six … At issue is also involving Iran on an equal, worthy basis in efforts to resolve the Iraqi and Afghan conflicts, as well as in all aspects of the Middle East settlement.”
By M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
11th March, 2009
With the likelihood of the United States engaging Iran in the near future and with Washington “resetting the button” in relations with Moscow, the air is thick with rumors of trade-offs. This is almost inevitable, given the interlocking cross-currents swirling around the three-way US-Iran-Russia equations.
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Posted by seumasach on February 24, 2009
John Helmer
AsiaTimes
24th February, 2009
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Putin: post-US world blueprint
MOSCOW – Officials involved in the Russian oil industry, and the country’s state treasury, breathed a sigh of relief as the Chinese and Russian governments announced agreement on a revolutionary shift in future Russian crude oil flows.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2009
BEIJING, February 17 (RIA Novosti) – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is considering Iran’s bid to become a full member of the regional security bloc, a SCO source said on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
6th February, 2009
It may seem there could be nothing in common between the blowing up of a bridge in the Khyber, the usage of an air base nestling in the foothills of the Pamirs and the launch of a 60-pound (37.2 kilogram) satellite into the night sky that will circle the Earth 14 times a day.
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Posted in Iran, Multipolar world | Tagged: CSTO, Death of Nato, Geopolitics, NATO expansion, New Cold War, Russian diplomacy, SCO | 2 Comments »
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2008
The multipolar world is no longer a theory or an aspiration: it is a reality unfolding before our eyes.
Kaveh Afrasiabi
Eldib
On the eve of the United States presidential elections, a landmark visit to Tehran by the head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been widely regarded in the Persian Gulf region as a major diplomatic overture toward Tehran by the US-backed oil sheikdoms.
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Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008
China said Thursday its financial markets would remain stable enough to allow it help ex-Soviet Central Asian countries weather the global economic crisis — assistance that would augment Beijing’s increasing influence in the region.
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Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008
The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has called for a complete overhaul of the world’s financial system in order to guarantee stability and ensure progress. He was speaking in Astana in Kazakhstan, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is meeting to in discuss the global financial crisis.
Russia Today
30th October, 2008
The organisation, which comprises Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is widely seen as a counter-weight to NATO’s influence in Eurasia. It is primarily concerned with security issues. This time, however, the sides are discussing how to develop social and economic cooperation.
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Posted by seumasach on October 29, 2008
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) – The prime ministers of Russia, China, and four Central Asian countries will meet on October 29-30 in Kazakhstan’s capital to discuss measures to overcome the ongoing financial crisis, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
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