us imperialism's pivot to asia

Bush also intended to establish permanent bases throughout Central Asia in order to encircle both China and Russia. ... While it is oriented on consolidating relationships among China, Russia, and Central Asia, China went out of its way to invite Iran as well as India and..

haiti from independence to occupation

Whereas the twentieth century agrarian revolutions in Russia, China, and elsewhere in Asia fought for a government and state that would radically reshape rural conditions and enhance agrarian interests, the overriding sentiment in nineteenth century rural Haiti was to keep the..

the shadows of an empire in decline

Chinese state and capitalist class building Eurasian land bridge connecting East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia with Europe and Russia via hundreds of billions of dollars worth of high-speed rail, highways, and oil pipelines. ..

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