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Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274619
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Another port, Batumi, is also undergoing expansion. Both have overshadowed plans for a deep-water port at Anaklia.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254766
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China’s exporters face deteriorating global economic conditions and international freight upsets. China is also tackling COVID-19 and real estate problems. The multiplication of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268600
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Sanctions have constrained east-west transit through Russia and revived its interest in north-south connections to Gulf ports and India. Moscow and Tehran, each keen to circumvent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274352
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As Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet shapes its approach, the major outstanding bilateral issues with Russia remain unresolved: the dispute over the South Kuril…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265542
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Relative 'winners' from Sino-US trade conflict.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246323
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The new link has the potential to boost landlocked Laos’s economy markedly, especially as there are plans for it ultimately to form part of a ‘pan-Asian’ railway. However, there…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265185
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The meeting, hosted by Saudi Arabia, followed a peace summit between Ethiopia and Eritrea the previous day. Rapprochement between Djibouti and Eritrea, the Horn of Africa’s two…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238614
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A US-led coalition has struck targets in Yemen in response to uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) and missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, targeting both commercial…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284701
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The announcement of this new fund comes at a critical time for East Africa’s development. Regional governments are seeking to hasten recovery from recent economic setbacks and…