Tag Archives | the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Rhetoric, meet reality: how to green the Belt and Road Initiative

Originally published: China Dialogue on October 8, 2021 (more by China Dialogue) |

After much talk, concrete frameworks and guidelines are finally arriving, and the stage is set for China to improve its green credentials on the Belt and Road.
The U.S. is turning oil-rich Nigeria into a proxy for its Africa wars

Originally published: The Grayzone on September 13, 2021 by TJ Coles (more by The Grayzone) | (Posted Sep 15, 2021)

Last month, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times. It might as well have been written by the Pentagon. Buhari promoted Brand Nigeria, auctioning the country’s military services to Western powers, telling readers that Nigeria would lead Africa’s “war on terror” in exchange for foreign infrastructure investment.