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Tag: Suez Canal

Posted inMiddle East

The pipeline that brings Israel and UAE together

by Jonathan Gorvett June 18, 2021June 22, 2021

Stretching 254 kilometers from the Israeli resort town of Eilat to the Mediterranean port of Ashkelon, the Trans-Israel pipeline has a chequered past and a controversial present. A relic of a long-vanished Middle East, in which Israel and Iran once cooperated to run the route, the pipeline has now become the centerpiece of another unexpected […]

Posted inEU-China

Suez Canal logjam boosts China-Europe rail link

by Frank Chen March 30, 2021October 12, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

Suez Canal accident a worst-case scenario for world trade

by The Conversation March 28, 2021March 28, 2021
Posted inEgypt, Middle East

Egypt effusive praise tempts securities stumble

by Gary Kleiman April 17, 2019February 18, 2020
A view of Yemen's rebel-held Red Sea port of Hodeida on November 7, 2017.  Photo: AFP / Abdo Hyder
Posted inFrance, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

In Yemen’s war, Saudis see Hodeida as Iran connection

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 27, 2018February 18, 2020
A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

The Arctic as the next battleground? Don’t count on it

by Richard A. Bitzinger April 13, 2018
A convoy of ships follows an ice breaker on the Arctic's Northern Sea Route. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Arctic sea routes could ease Malacca Strait security issue

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 10, 2018February 18, 2020
View of Suez Canal. Photo: Soeren Stache / dpa-Zentralbild
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

Israeli plan to revive Gulf rail link prompts concern in Egypt

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Stanislav Krasilnikov/Tass/Host Photo Agency/Pool
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Proposed North-South Transport Corridor not just BRI rival

by Sudha Ramachandran June 14, 2017June 14, 2017
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends during signing of agreements ceremony with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (unseen) at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt October 5, 2016. Picture taken October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Posted inAT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China, Egypt, and the new Middle East alignment

by Christina Lin December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

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