Competing Visions
How Infrastructure is Reshaping the Eurasian Supercontinent
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Ukraine’s Western Window
Several Russian-led infrastructure projects, coupled with the devastation wrought by the conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region, risk turning Ukraine, historically a bridge between east and west, into an island.
Failing to Bridge the Divide in Russia-Japan Relations
Economic cooperation will be at the top of the agenda when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 6-7. The Japanese leader’s second visit to the Russian Far East in as many years marks an important milestone in his “new approach” to Russia. This policy,…
The Scramble for Eurasia
Since the rise of Europe’s colonial powers in the sixteenth century, Asia’s economic activity has been concentrated on its coastlines. But that could change as China, Japan, Russia and other regional powers connect Asia internally and with Europe by reaching across the Eurasian landmass.
The Case for a Trans-Caspian Bridge
Major infrastructure projects… can still fail economically in terms of opportunity costs either because of excessive costs or insufficient demand but their political importance can be very significant, even momentous.