Tag: South China Sea dispute

China’s Maritime Silk Roads Initiative and Southeast Asia: Rough Sailing through the South China Seas?

November 26, 2016

As our readership knows, one of China’s signature foreign policy initiatives is the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), a key part of its larger One Belt, One Road (OBOR) scheme. If fully accomplished, the MSRI has the potential to vastly increase hard (e.g., land and sea) and soft (e.g., legal,...

MNCs in the News-2016-08-05

August 9, 2016

Analysts speculate on the economic and political factors that drove the new British government to delay a decision on the Hinkley Point C project. Some conjecture British Prime Minister Theresa May has delayed the project due to national security considerations. Chinese government urges British government to move forward with Hinkley…

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MNC Center Executive Director

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Smart moves and cracked chips; Mine cave in; requesting gold for frozen steel; shopping for success; social media turnoffs and blockages

August 24, 2026

Tag: South China Sea dispute

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Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Ph.D.

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Lite Shouldn’t Corrupt Your Thinking

The High Costs of Addressing the High Costs of Low Costs

Chipping Away the Politico-Economic Implications of the US Stake in Intel

Apple Sauced and the Ripening of New Pathways

Killing Chinese Life Sciences, Part IV: Poison “Bills,” Side Effects, and Immunizations

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