Central Asia and the New Silk Road

24.May 2023. Aleksandar Novačić

Between a big brother and an even bigger brother

Economic reasons, no matter how significant, did not influence the formulation of China's policy towards Central Asia. In a turbulent world in which China represents the main challenge to the world's strongest economies, above all the United States of America, which perceives China as both the main challenge and its biggest competitor and opponent, Beijing attaches particular importance to strengthening its economic and political influence through strong cooperation with independent, prosperous and the friendly states of Central Asia, the countries of the new geopolitical phenomenon

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17.December 2021 M.M

"Forcing" the Balkan states into NATO: Putin's "red lines"

Moscow demands that NATO give up "pushing" the Balkan countries and Ukraine into the alliance, stop grouping troops on Russia's borders, and reduce its presence in the Black Sea and the airspace of the Baltic countries. Russia criticizes NATO's policy in the countries of the Western Balkans, such as supporting the establishment of the "Kosovo Army", and assures that such military preparations by NATO "cannot remain without an adequate Russian response".