By Mehmet Enes Beşer In the midst of geopolitics’ story of era infrastructure and development, the China–Laos Railway is a powerful counter-narrative—a project based not on competition, but regional interdependence and shared advantage. Stretching over 1,000 kilometers from Kunming in south-western China’s Yunnan Province to the Lao capital Vientiane, the railway is far more than a transport link. It is ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Within geopolitics increasingly defined by supply chain interruption, climatic uncertainty, and rising food costs, food security has become a matter of national priority. While great powers vie to obtain grain corridors and agricultural territory across borders, the smaller nations are also forging behind-the-scenes but influential alliances. A classic case in point is the new China-Laos cattle ...