Iraq Is Becoming China’s Newest Client in the Middle East
Massive energy investment—and drones.
February 9, 2022
Iraq Is Becoming China’s Newest Client in the Middle East
Massive energy investment—and drones.
After Russia and Pakistan, Iraq has received the largest amount of Chinese energy investment in all of Eurasia. Beijing is now in the process of turning the country into a major hub of its Belt and Road Initiative, a series of transportation and infrastructure projects that aims to create a continuous chain of ports, railways, and power plants running across the continent. Ksenia Svetlova writes:
February 9, 2022
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