Tag: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

China’s ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organization’ for the Moon

May 18, 2023
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Commentary A deepening cold war divide between China and the United States is about to be officially extended to the moon by China’s creation of a formal organization that will help extend the hegemony of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from the Earth to the Earth-moon system. The impending formation of the International Lunar Research…

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Key US Ally Saudi Arabia to Join Regional Bloc Led by Moscow, Beijing

March 31, 2023
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Saudi Arabia this week came one step closer to joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a formidable bloc of Eurasian states led by Moscow and Beijing. On March 28, Riyadh approved a memorandum to begin the process of joining the SCO as a “dialogue partner,” according to the Saudi Press Agency. Dialogue partner status is…

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China Brokering Saudi-Iran Deal Sees Biden Losing the Middle East

March 20, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s Middle East peace deal has implications for U.S. regional influence. On March 10th, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they would resume diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China. Relations between the two countries have been broken since 2016 over a dispute regarding Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim…

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