This  week on the Global Research News Hour, on the 20th anniversary of the launching of the war on Afghanistan, we will probe the dynamics of the relationship between the US and Afghanistan, and the look ahead to what it will mean in the larger cold war with Russia and China..
Our first guest Retired Professor of Geography John Ryan will speak about his visit there in 1978, how the Islamic extremist threat  was actually manufactured by the US and how the recent withdrawal of US forces was a result of their 20 year occupation. Next we’ll hear from international economist Professor Rodrique Tremblay about the failure of the US mission and the consequences for the recent Democratic president who ended it. Finally, Professor Michel Chossudovsky comes on to the show explaining that the withdrawal of US soldiers is not the fundamental defeat it appears to be.

Defeat or Victory? The War on Afghanistan (2001-2021)

การประกาศเปิดตัวโครงการสำคัญเพื่อช่วยเหลือกลุ่มประเทศกำลังพัฒนาของ G7 ล่าสุด ทำให้ถูกมองว่าเกิดขึ้นเพื่อเป็นคู่แข่งกับโครงการ BRI ของจีน&nbsp;โดยกรอบการลงทุนกว้างมากกว่าการสร้างระบบขนส่งและโครงสร้างพื้นฐานและย้ำว่าทุกฝ่ายได้ประโยชน์ ไม่เหมือนจีนที่ทำให้บางประเทศเกิดกับดักหนี้ &nbsp;จีนจะรับมือกับความท้าทายนี้อย่างไร &nbsp;โสภิต หวังวิวัฒนา ชวน รศ.วรศักดิ์ มหัทธโนบล วิเคราะห์เรื่องนี้&nbsp;

มองจีนมุมใหม่ 2022 EP. 68: G7 เปิดตัวโครงการเพื่อโครงสร้างพื้นฐานและการลงทุน PGII แข่ง BRI ของจีน

	ปีนี้ครบรอบ 10 ปีของโครงการ "แถบและเส้นทาง" ของจีน ซึ่งหลายประเทศในอาเซียนมีความคืบหน้าไปมาก	ญี่ปุ่นเป็นประเทศล่าสุดที่ส่งยานไปสำรวจดวงจันทร์ โดยตั้งเป้าว่าจะเป็นประเทศที่ 5 ของโลกที่ส่งยานลงจอดบนดวงจันทร์ได้สำเร็จซึ่งจะได้ลุ้นกันอีกทีในเดือนกุมภาพันธ์ปีหน้า เมื่อยานสำรวจของญี่ปุ่นเดินทางถึงวงโคจรของดวงจันทร์

หน้าต่างโลก 2023 : ส่องท่าทีชาติอาเซียนต่อนโยบาย "แถบและเส้นทาง" ของจีน

Linking the People's Republic of China with Asia, Africa, and Europe by land and sea can be a win-win for China and its partner countries, if the trillions of dollars China plans to invest in infrastructure will benefit its partners, too.  Jean François Gautrin of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research explains.

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Jean François Gautrin is an associate research fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.

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Asia's Developing Future

The New Silk Road and its network of projects could be a “win-win” for all

Date of Recording: 23/01/2019

Description:

One of the world’s most ambitious investment and infrastructure development projects, the Belt and Road Initiative is a Chinese government strategy to connect overland and maritime routes across Asia, Africa and Europe. Projected to cost more than US$1tr and involving investments and projects in over seventy states, it is a statement of China’s strategic ambition and growing global role.

In his keynote address for the Centre for Defence Studies at King’s College London, Professor Andrew Macleod addresses misconceptions about the Belt and Road Initiative, and places in this broader international context the current debates about Britain’s place in the world after Brexit. Professor Macleod will explore topics including:

- The rebalancing of the geopolitical landscape - understanding China’s view of the world and how Belt and Road fits into this mindset;

- A closer look at the land and maritime routes being developed;
Economic, security and humanitarian implications; and,

- How can the Commonwealth best capitalise on the opportunities created by Belt and Road?

Bio:

Andrew Macleod is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Defence Studies in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London. Professor Macleod is also Vice Chancellor’s distinguished Fellow at Deakin University and a Senior Visiting Lecturer at Tasmania University Law School. At Kings, he contributes to counter-extremism thinking and previously he led the ‘Beyond Shared Value Commission’ looking at ways to measure, in financial terms, external risks to corporations.

Professor Macleod’s humanitarian activities included time as Chief of Operations of the UN Emergency Coordination Centre in Pakistan, where he negotiated a complex series of relationships that saw the Pakistan military, international NGOs, UN agencies, US military, UK military and non-state militant groups all playing a role in delivering a successful operation without casualties or conflict. And at the International Committee of the Red Cross, he served in the Balkans and Rwanda during the 1990s. He set up and ran Law of Armed Conflict training with military units in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia that resulted in a measurable decrease in civilian casualties.

Amongst other activities in his diverse and international portfolio, Professor MacLeod is the co-founder of Brexit Advisory Services, the Non-Executive Chairman of British based Griffin Law, a Non-Executive Director at New York-based Cornerstone Capital, and an Advisory Board member of International Lawyers for Africa.
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Event: Exploding the misconceptions of Belt and Road and Britain’s possible place post Brexit

On 8 February Bruegel organised an event on the world’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The event looked at where the initiative is five years on, and discussed the response of the Indo-Pacific, US, Japan, Australia, India and Europe. We also discussed the Europe-Asia Connectivity plan and how China is reacting to the ongoing trade war.

The event featured the presentations of two Bruegel papers: by Uri Dadush and Alicia Garcia-Herrero.

The world’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Title: China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Story of Assessment and Strategic Adaptation

This lecture is a part of The Institute of World Politics' China in the World: 21st Century Challenges series. 

This event is co-sponsored by The Institute of World Politics, the National Bureau of Asian Research, and the Movement for the Renaissance of Vietnam.

About the Lecture: About the Lecture: Almost six years after its launch, the Belt and Road Initiative, labelled by Xi Jinping as the "Project of the Century," seems to have reached its culminating point of success. A mounting wave of resistance against the BRI can be felt both within and outside of China. Are these signs that the BRI is grinding to a halt? How is the Chinese leadership reacting to the gathering headwinds facing BRI? What does BRI tell us about the Chinese leadership's capacity to assess, adjust, and adapt?

About the Speaker: About the Speaker: Nadège Rolland is Senior Fellow for Political and Security Affairs, at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), based in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Her research focuses mainly on China's foreign and defense policy and the changes in regional dynamics across Eurasia resulting from the rise of China. Drawing on her 20 years of experience as a French government official, she also examines the prospects for Transatlantic cooperation in research and policy related to Asia. She is the author of China's Eurasian Century? Political and Strategic Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative, published in 2017.

China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Story of Assessment and Strategic Adaptation

In her keynote address, Dr de Vergeron discusses France’s strategy towards China, with particular focus on the Belt and Road Initiative across Eurasia, and implications for European unity and strategic interests. She also discusses France’s commitment to renew the EU-China partnership and its role in promoting a more cohesive European approach, with particular focus on Europe’s position as a balancing pole of power globally.

About the Speaker:

Dr Karine de Vergeron, Associate Director and Head of Europe Programme at the Global Policy Institute (GPI) in London, is also an associate contributor to the Robert Schuman Foundation in Paris and senior fellow of the Federal Trust. She previously worked as associate in Chatham House and provided strategic expertise to the European External Action Service, particularly on the development of culture in European external relations and EU-China cultural exchanges. Dr de Vergeron holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Dr Karine de Vergeron - A Future EU-China Partnership: France's Perspective

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A roundtable discussion about China's Belt and Road Initiative and Taiwan's New Southbound Policy, and the impact these infrastructure projects have on these two geo-economic diplomacies.

Roundtable on China's BRI and Taiwan's New Southbound Policy

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