Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Global South strategic cooperation

ACuriousPLAFan

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Any specific reason why they need Ankara for indirect diplomatic relations with Israel? They could ask China, Russia, or really any other 3rd party other then Turkey.
No, what I mean is whether Israel will join the conflict (specifically) against Iran, since both of them are mortal enemies.
 

siegecrossbow

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relationship restored between Saudis and Syrians.

Remember, this got cut off after the color revolution and the subsequent proxy war there between various factions, but looks like Assad has things more or less under control now. Saudis willing to re-establish ties with Assad indicates it no longer cares what America thinks. Again, this is China/Russia power at work.
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Who's next?
 

Overbom

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Also, what makes china rethink about pipeline?
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China is going to decarbonise much faster than expected and also coal plants are getting built all the time. Coal plants will be the stabiliser of China's electricity supply while transitioning to renewables.
I suspect that gas isn't going be as needed as many people think it is going to be. Gas is mostly going to be used in industry

In addition, China prefers diversified energy suppliers, it prefers to not be locked in to a few suppliers which is why it has gone into a wild spree of signing gas deals left and right with literally everyone that can produce gas
 
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tphuang

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Also, what makes china rethink about pipeline?
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POS2 is not absolutely necessary for China, so China can drive a hard bargain. 0-carbon is a real looming goal which they will probably reach ahead of 2060. So if the pipeline doesn't start until 2030, then that's not a lot of time before China's fossil fuel usage collapses. It's also possible that China thinks it can produce enough of its own NG from shale that it doesn't need to import more. Or maybe it prefers the flexibility of LNG, since it can resell excess capacity to other countries.
 
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