Future Outlook: Can the Caucasus Become the Heart of Global Trade Again?
The South Caucasus has always lived in the tension between potential and peril. Its valleys once echoed with the voices of Silk Road traders, bringing silk, spice, and silver across mountains. Yet its more recent history has been marked by blockades, wars, and rivalries. Will the Caucasus rise as the Silk Road’s new heart? Explore […]
BRI New Infrastructure Horizons: What’s Coming in 2026
When China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched in 2013, many observers saw it as an ambitious experiment. It was an attempt to reimagine the trade arteries of Eurasia and beyond. Now, more than a decade later, the initiative has grown into the world’s largest transnational infrastructure project. It links over 150 countries with […]
Green BRI: Climate & Clean Energy Boom in 2025 and the Low-Carbon Pathway to 2026
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has always carried with it an aura of ambition. Launched in 2013, it was initially framed as a grand infrastructure strategy—railways, highways, pipelines, and ports connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa. For years, it was critiqued as “roads and loans” diplomacy, with critics warning about debt distress, opaque lending, and […]
Energy, Trade, and Tech: The Economic Engines of the New Silk Road
Centuries ago, when merchants guided camel caravans through the winding passes of the Caucasus, they carried more than silk and spices—they carried stories, trust, and new ideas. These were not just goods on the move; they were lifelines connecting empires. Today, the region is witnessing something similar, but on a scale unimaginable to those ancient […]
China’s BRI Hits Record Highs in Investment and Construction in 2025
When China first announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, it was hailed as an ambitious vision to rebuild the connective tissue of global trade, echoing the historic Silk Road with modern infrastructure. Twelve years later, in 2025, the BRI is not only alive but thriving—and, according to fresh data, has just experienced […]
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Compete as the Silk Road New Hubs
The South Caucasus has always been a theater of crossroads. Traders from the East once carried silk, spices, and porcelain through these valleys to reach Europe. Caravanserais dotted the mountain passes, while empires clashed for control over every bridge and every road. History remembers these lands as borderlands—but today they are reemerging as frontlines of […]
Geopolitics and BRI: How Security Redefined BRI in 2025 — and What to Expect in 2026
When the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the grand vision was economic: build railways, ports, highways, and digital networks that would weave together Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. For more than a decade, most headlines about the BRI focused on billions […]
Silk Road 2.0: Why the South Caucasus Matters Now More Than Ever
Few places on earth embody the idea of crossroads quite like the South Caucasus. Historically, it was where Persian caravans met Byzantine merchants, where the spice routes and silk traders threaded valleys, and where cultures clashed yet coexisted. Today, as the world faces fractured supply chains and shifting global power balances, this mountainous, storied region […]
Western Counter‑Initiative to BRI: How PGII Promotes Transparent, Democracy‑Anchored Infrastructure
As of mid‑2025, global infrastructure diplomacy is at a turning point. Western China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) still dominates with its trillion-dollar network linking Asia, Africa, and Europe. But in G7 capitals, a new narrative is growing: the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII). It positions itself as a values-driven, transparent, democratic alternative […]
Record BRI Investments in 2025: How USD 123 Billion in Deals is Reshaping Global Trade
In the first half of 2025, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) shattered previous records, signaling that this decade may belong to a new era of infrastructure globalization. According to official statistics and research from leading Chinese think tanks, BRI investments registered an unprecedented USD 66.2 billion in construction contracts and USD 57.1 billion in […]