There is only One cast,the cast of humanity.

There is only One religion,the religion of love

There is only One language, the language of the heart.

There is only One God and He is omnipresent.

Baba

Υπαρχει μονο Μια φυλη,η φυλη της ανθρωποτητας.

Υπαρχει μονο Μια θρησκεια,η θρησκεια της αγαπης.

Υπαρχει μονο Μια γλωσσα,η γλωσσα της καρδιας.

Υπαρχει μονο Ενας Θεος και ειναι πανταχου παρων.

Μπαμπα


Let it be light between us,brothers and sisters from the Earth.Let it be love between all living beings on this

Galaxy.Let it be peace between all various races and species.We love you infinitely.

I am SaLuSa from Sirius

Channel:Laura/Multidimensional Ocean

Ειθε να υπαρχει φως αναμεσα μας, αδελφοι και αδελφες μας απο την Γη .Ειθε να υπαρχει αγαπη

αναμεσα σε ολες τις υπαρξεις στον Γαλαξια.Ειθε να υπαρχει ειρηνη αναμεσα σε ολες τις διαφο-

ρετικες φυλες και ειδη.Η αγαπη μας για σας ειναι απειρη.

Ειμαι ο ΣαΛουΣα απο τον Σειριο.

Καναλι:Laura/Multidimensional Ocean

SANAT KUMARA REGENT LORD OF THE WORLD

SANAT KUMARA

REGENT LORD OF THE WORLD

The Ascended Master SANAT KUMARA is a Hierarch of VENUS.

Since then SANAT KUMARA has visited PLANET EARTH and SHAMBALLA often.SANAT KUMARA is sanskrit and it means"always a youth". 2.5 million years ago during earth's darkest hour, SANAT KUMARA came here to keep the threefold flame of Life on behalf of earth's people. After Sanat Kumara made his commitment to come to earth 144.000 souls from Venus volunteered to come with him to support his mission.Four hundred were sent ahead to build the magnificent retreat of SHAMBALLA on an island in the Gobi Sea.Taj Mahal - Shamballa in a smaller scaleSanat Kumara resided in this physical retreat, but he did not take on a physical body such as the bodies we wear today. Later Shamballa was withdrawn to the etheric octave, and the area became a desert.Gobi DesertSANAT KUMARA is THE ANCIENT OF DAYS in The Book of DANIEL.DANIEL wrote (19, 20):"I beheld till the thrones were set in place, and THE ANCIENT OF DAYS did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool. His throne Always like the fiery flame and is wheels as burning fire. [His chakras.]"A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him.Thousand and thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times and ten thousand stood before him."I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like THE SON OF MAN came with the clouds of heaven, and came to THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, and they brought him near before him."And there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him.His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." The supreme God of Zoroastrianism, AHURA MAZDA is also SANAT KUMARA.In Buddhism, there is a great god known as BRAHMA SANAM-KUMARA, yet another name for SANAT KUMARA.SANAT KUMARA is one of the SEVEN HOLY KUMARAS.The twinflame of SANT KUMARA is VENUS, the goddess of LOVE and BEAUTY.In 1956, SANAT KUMARA returned to Venus, and GAUTAMA BUDDHA is now LORD OF THE WORLD and SANAT KUMARA is REGENT LORD OF THE WORLD.SANAT KUMARA`s keynote is the main theme of Finlandia by SIBELIUS.


The Ascended Master Hilarion Healing and Truth

The Ascended Master Hilarion - Healing and Truth

The Ascended Master of the Healing Ray

The ascended master Hilarion, the Chohan,1 or Lord, of the Fifth Ray of Science, Healing and Truth, holds a world balance for truth from his etheric retreat, known as the Temple of Truth, over the island of Crete. The island was an historic focal point for the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece.We know few of this master’s incarnations, but the three most prominent are as the High Priest of the Temple of Truth on Atlantis; then as Paul, beloved apostle of Jesus; and as Hilarion, the great saint and healer, performer of miracles, who founded monasticism in Palestine. Embodied as Saul of Tarsus during the rise of Jesus’ popularity, Saul became a determined persecutor of Christians, originally seeing them as a rebellious faction and a danger to the government and society. Saul consented to the stoning of Stephen, a disciple of Jesus, failing to recognize the light in this saint and in the Christian movement.jesus had already resurrected and ascended2 when he met Saul on the road to Damascus. And what an electrifying meeting that was! “It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks,”3 Jesus uttered to an awestruck Saul. Blinded by the light that surrounded the form of Jesus, Saul crumpled to the ground. Not only his body but his pride was taken down a few notches that day.This was the most famous of Christian conversions, whereupon Saul became the mightiest of the apostles. Saul took the name Paul and resolved to spread the word of truth throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Paul had inwardly remembered his vow to serve the light of Christ—a vow that he had taken before his current incarnation. Three years after conversion, Paul spent another three years in seclusion in the Arabian Desert where he was taken up into Jesus’ etheric retreat. Paul did not ascend in that life due to his torturing of Christians earlier in that embodiment. In his very next lifetime, Paul was born to pagan parents in 290 A.D. They resided in the same geographical region in which he had lived as Paul in his previous lifetime. As a young boy, Hilarion was sent to Alexandria to study. During this time of study, he heard the gospel and was converted to Christianity.His greatest desire was to be a hermit—to spend his time fasting and praying to God in seclusion. So he divided his fortune among the poor and set out for the desert near Gaza. He spent twenty years in prayer in the desert before he performed his first miracle. God, through him, cured a woman of barrenness. And his healing ministry began.Soon Hilarion was sought out by hundreds who had heard of his miraculous cures and ability to exorcise demons. In 329 A.D., with a growing number of disciples assembling around him, he fled to Egypt to escape the constant flow of people seeking to be healed from all manner of diseases. His travels brought him to Alexandria again, to the Libyan Desert and to Sicily.But his miracles did not only include healings. Once when a seacoast town in which he was staying was threatened with a violent storm, he etched three signs of the cross into the sand at his feet then stood with hands raised toward the oncoming waves and held the sea at bay.Hilarion spent his last years in a lonely cave on Cyprus. He was canonized by the Catholic Church and is today known as the founder of the anchorite life, having originated in Palestine. To this day, those known as anchorites devote themselves to lives of seclusion and prayer. Hilarion ascended at the close of that embodiment. Hilarion, as an ascended master, speaks to us today of the power of truth to heal the souls of men, delivering his word through The Hearts Center’s Messenger, David Christopher Lewis. Current teachings released from Hilarion include the following:

· On the power of healing: Hilarion teaches his students that “[t]he power of healing is within your Solar Source.” He gives his students “an impetus, a spiral of light that you may fulfill your mission…” and exhorts them to “use this spiral of light for the benefit of sentient beings”. —July 2008

· On the power of joy: Hilarion encourages us to “experience the pulsation of joy” and shows each of us the joyous outcome of our life, which is “a life lived in joy.” He assures us, “I will always lead you to your freedom to be joy”. —June 2008

· On the love of truth: Hilarion teaches that the love of truth will enable us to see clearly the light that is within us. He teaches that instead of criticizing, we must go within and eliminate the particles of untruth within ourselves. —February 2008

· On the action of solar light: Hilarion delivers a greater action of solar light to help release all past awareness of lives lived outside divine awareness. He explains his ongoing mission over many lifetimes—to heal by the power of each soul’s recognition of the truth of her own divinity—and pronounces, “I am the messenger of healing and joy to all. May your life as a God-realized solar being be bright-shining ever with the aura of the truth who you are in my heart.” —March 14, 2008

1. “Chohan” is a Sanskrit word for “chief” or “lord.” A chohan is the spiritual leader of great attainment who works with mankind from the ascended state. There are seven chohans for the earth—El Morya, Lanto, Paul the Venetian, Serapis Bey, Hilarion, Nada and Saint Germain.back to Chohan…

2. The ascension is complete liberation from the rounds of karma and rebirth. In the ascension process, the soul becomes merged with her Solar Presence, experiencing freedom from the gravitational, or karmic, pull of the Earth and entering God’s eternal Presence of divine love. Students of the ascended masters work toward their ascension by studying and internalizing the teachings, serving life, and invoking the light of God into their lives. Their goal as they walk the earth is the cultivation of a relationship with God that becomes more real, more vital with each passing day.back to ascended…

3. Acts 9:5 back to kick against the pricks…

The Ascended Master Saint Germain

The Ascended Master Saint Germain

I have stood in the Great Hall in the Great Central Sun. I have petitioned the Lords of Karma to release Dispensation after Dispensation for the Sons and Daughters of God and, yes, for the Torch Bearers of The Temple. Countless times I have come to your assistance with a release of Violet Flame sufficient to clear all debris from your consciousness. Numberless times I have engaged the Love of my Heart to embrace you, to comfort you, to assist you when you have not known which way to turn.

"I merely ask you to keep the watch, to hold fast to the Heart Flame of your own God Presence, to understand that your first allegiance is to the Mighty I AM. That you have no other Gods before the I AM THAT I AM.

through the Anointed Representative®, Carolyn Louise Shearer, February 14, 2007, Tucson, Arizona U.S.A. (10)

Κυριακή 19 Δεκεμβρίου 2021

December, Sunday 19th., 2021Escobar: Putin, Xi Running Circles Around Biden's Hybrid War

 December, Sunday 19th., 2021

<<"...None of that will ever happen with Iran joining the new Russia-China mechanism.

And that leads us to the interconnection of China’s BRI expansion in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. The reconstruction of Syria may be largely financed via the non-SWIFT mechanism. Same for China buying Iraqi energy. Same for the reconstruction of a Yemen possibly hosting a Chinese-owned port, part of the “string of pearls.”

Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Israel may remain in the US financial sphere of influence, or lack thereof. And even if there is no BRICS nation anchoring West Asia, and no regional integration economic agreement on the horizon, the role of the economic integrator is bound to be eventually played by China.

China will play a similar role to Brazil anchoring MERCOSUR, Russia anchoring the EAEU and South Africa anchoring the SADC/SACU.

Both BRI and the EAEU will get a tremendous boost by bypassing SWIFT. You simply can’t go multipolar if you trade using (devalued) imperial legal tender.

BRI, EAEU and those interlocking economic development agreements, combined with digital technology, will be integrating billions of people in the Global South.

Think of a possible, auspicious future spelling out cheap telecom delivering financial services and world market access, in a non-dollar environment, to all those who have been so far cut off from a truly globalized economy."
Escobar: Putin, Xi Running Circles Around Biden's Hybrid War >>

<<"...The China Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (COSCO) of China was progressively at work in the Greek port of Piraeus and took over its two main container terminals in 2008 on a 35 year lease. With its continuous political and diplomatic pursuits, the Chinese Shipping giant (COSCO- third largest container shipping company of the world) has taken over the remaining Third container terminal and the Piraeus port authority to run until 2052. With the 600 million euros investment the Chinese company is planning to convert the port into the biggest commercial harbour and boost it to become the unrivalled hub of the growing Asia-Europe trade. And with the acquisition of this strategic port at the gate of Europe, known as “Pearl of the Mediterranean”, China strongly enters the heart of Europe....

By Dr Khushnam P N 
(Independent IR and Regional Security Researcher and Analyst)>>
         ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
So we  shall perhaps have the following "string of pearls":

"the interconnection of China’s BRI expansion in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. The reconstruction of Syria may be largely financed via the non-SWIFT mechanism. Same for China buying Iraqi energy. Same for the reconstruction of a Yemen possibly hosting a Chinese-owned port, part of the “string of pearls.” ,
Versus this following "string of pearls", where Piraeus is most likely to be attached with? :
"Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Israel may remain in the US financial sphere of influence, or lack thereof."

The Greek Diplomacy and Economic Think Tanks, as well as the political personnel and Cypriots too, should be arduously working on these  SWIFT-Y/'STRING OF PEARLS' scenaros-issues... Are they..?
Maria L. Pelekanaki

Escobar: Putin, Xi Running Circles Around Biden's Hybrid War

by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 - 12:00 AM

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle,

Russia and China's announcement of an independent financial trading platform will free nations under US sanctions from western intrusion into their commercial activities...

Vladimir Putin got straight to the point. At the opening of his one hour and fourteen minute video conversation with Xi Jinping on 15 December, he described Russia-China relations as “an example of genuine inter-state cooperation in the 21st century.”

Their myriad levels of cooperation have been known for years now – from trade, oil and gas, finance, aerospace and the fight against Covid-19, to the progressive interconnection of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU).

But now the stage was set for the announcement of a serious counter-move in their carefully coordinated ballet opposing the relentless Hybrid War/Cold War 2.0 combo deployed by Empire.

As Assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov succinctly explained, Putin and Xi agreed to create an “independent financial structure for trade operations that could not be influenced by other countries.”

Diplomatic sources, off the record, confirmed the structure may be announced by a joint summit before the end of 2022.

This is a stunning game-changer in more ways than one. It had been extensively discussed in previous bilaterals and in preparations for BRICS summits – mostly centered on increasing the share of yuan and rubles in Russia-China settlements, bypassing the US dollar, and opening new stock market options for Russian and Chinese investors.

Now we’ve come to the crunch. And the catalyzing event was none other than US hawks floating the – financially nuclear – idea of expelling Russia from SWIFT, the messaging network used by 11,000+ banks in over 200 countries, as well as financial institutions, for rapid money transfers worldwide.

Cutting off Russia from SWIFT would be part of a harsh new sanctions package developed in response to an ‘invasion’ of Ukraine that will never happen – mainly because the only ones praying for it are professional NATO warmongers.

Profiting from a strategic blunder

Once again, an American strategic blunder offers the Russia-China self-described “comprehensive strategic partnership” the chance to advance their coordination.

Ushakov put it very diplomatically: it’s time to bypass a SWIFT mechanism “influenced by third countries” to form “an independent financial structure.”

That amounts to a serious game-changer for the entire Global South – as scores of nations yearn to be released from a de facto US dollar dictatorship, complete with recurring Fed quantitative easing circus packages.

Russia and China have been experimenting with their alternative payment systems for quite a while now: the Russian SPFS (System for Transfer of Financial Messages) and the Chinese CIPS (Cross Border Interbank Payment System).

It won’t be easy, as the most powerful Chinese banks are deep into SWIFT and have expressed their reservations about SPFS. Yet, they will have to inevitably integrate prior to the launch of the new mechanism, possibly in late 2022.

Once the most important Russian and Chinese banks – from Sberbank to the Bank of China – adopt the system, the path opens for other banks across Eurasia and the Global South to join in.

In the long run, SWIFT, prone to non-stop American political interference, will be increasingly marginalized, or restricted to Atlanticist latitudes.

Bypassing the US dollar, on trade and all sorts of financial settlements, is an absolutely central plank of the ever-evolving Russia-China notion of a multipolar world.

The road will be long, of course, especially when it comes to offering a solid counterpoint to the US-controlled global financial system, a maze that includes the humongous investment houses of the BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street variety, with their interlocking shareholding of virtually every major multinational company.

Yet a SWIFT escape will rapidly gain momentum, because it is inextricably linked to a series of developments that Putin-Xi touched upon in their conversation, the most important of which are:

1. The progressive interconnection of BRI and EAEU, offering expanding roles to the BRICS-run New Development Bank (NDB) as well as the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

2. The increasing geopolitical and geo-economic reach of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), especially after the admission of Iran in October.

3. And crucially, the upcoming Chinese presidency of the BRICS in 2022.

China in 2022 will invest deeply in BRICS+. This expanded BRICS club will be linked to a development process that includes:

1. The consolidation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – a massive East Asia trade deal uniting China, the ASEAN 10 and Japan, and South Korea, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

2. The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA).

3. And the memoranda of understanding signed between the EAEU and MERCOSUR and between the EAEU and ASEAN.

Anchoring West Asia  

Yaroslav Lissovolik, one of the world’s leading experts on BRICS+, argues that it’s now time for BRICS+ 2.0, operating in a system that opens “the possibility for bilateral and plurilateral agreements to complement the core network of regional alliances formed by BRICS countries and their respective regional neighbors.”

So if we’re talking about a major qualitative jump in terms of economic development across the Global South, the question is inevitable. What about West Asia?

All these interconnections, plus an escape from SWIFT, will certainly profit the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), arguably the flagship BRI project, to which Beijing plans to annex Afghanistan.

CPEC will be progressively connected to the future Iran-China corridor via Afghanistan, part of the 20 year Iran-China strategic deal in which BRI projects will be prominently featured. Iran and China already trade in yuan and rials, so settlements between Iran and China in a non-SWIFT mechanism will be a given.

What happened to Iran is a classic example of SWIFT becoming hostage of imperial political manipulation. Iranian banks were expelled from SWIFT in 2012, because of pressure from the usual suspects. In 2016, access was restored as part of the JCPOA, clinched in 2015. Yet in 2018, under the Trump administration, Iran was once again cut off from SWIFT.

None of that will ever happen with Iran joining the new Russia-China mechanism.

And that leads us to the interconnection of China’s BRI expansion in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. The reconstruction of Syria may be largely financed via the non-SWIFT mechanism. Same for China buying Iraqi energy. Same for the reconstruction of a Yemen possibly hosting a Chinese-owned port, part of the “string of pearls.”

Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Israel may remain in the US financial sphere of influence, or lack thereof. And even if there is no BRICS nation anchoring West Asia, and no regional integration economic agreement on the horizon, the role of the economic integrator is bound to be eventually played by China.

China will play a similar role to Brazil anchoring MERCOSUR, Russia anchoring the EAEU and South Africa anchoring the SADC/SACU.

Both BRI and the EAEU will get a tremendous boost by bypassing SWIFT. You simply can’t go multipolar if you trade using (devalued) imperial legal tender.

BRI, EAEU and those interlocking economic development agreements, combined with digital technology, will be integrating billions of people in the Global South.

Think of a possible, auspicious future spelling out cheap telecom delivering financial services and world market access, in a non-dollar environment, to all those who have been so far cut off from a truly globalized economy.

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China’s String of Pearls in Eastern Mediterranean and its Implications

China’s String of Pearls in Eastern Mediterranean and its Implications
By Dr Khushnam P N  (Independent IR and Regional Security Researcher and Analyst)
Dr Khushnam P N
Dr Khushnam P N
China is in pursuit of developing and upgrading port in Israel, Lebanon, Greece and Syria for some time. Put together, there are six ports- Haifa and Ashdod in Israel, Tripoli in Lebanon, Piraeus in Greece and Latakia and Tartous in Syria.
The commercial value of the ports from the Chinese commercial strategy of “Belt and Road Initiative” is immensely huge, and their  strategic importance  can turn them into a Chinese “String of Pearls” in the Eastern Mediterranean, and have numerous geostrategic implications and geopolitical consequences.
“String of Pearls” is used to explain the Chinese geopolitical vision to create a strategic chain of ports and bases along the strategic sea lanes with the aim of serving its commercial interests and military influence in a region. Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) won the bid to expand the Container Terminal of Haifa port, Israel which is due to be inaugurated next year (2021) and will be run by the Chinese company for 25 years. In addition, a Chinese government-owned firm, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has won to build the port of Ashdod. The deals have brought to the fore many strategic and security issues of Israel- US relations.
The port of Haifa is of utmost strategic value as it hosts the Israel’s alleged nuclear-armed submarine nearby and the US Sixth Fleet considered it as home port, a number of ships visit the port every year. In addition, the US ships also visits the Israeli port of Ashdod. The US 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy conducts many joint exercises like Noble Dina, Noble Melinda and Juniper Cobra exercises with the Israeli navy in the strategic Mediterranean Sea. The United States is concerned that closer Chines ties with Israeli and access to its infrastructure may enable it to access the secret intelligence communication.
The Chinese activities have been the matter of larger US-Chinese battle for dominant position in the Eastern Mediterranean. The issue can be traced back to 2000, when Israel was forced to cancel its planned sale of the Phalcon (Airborne Warning And Control System-AWACS) to China with the US warning that it could lose the support of the latter. The sensitive intelligence sharing between the US and Israel and sale of most classified weapons and military hardware like the F-35, 5th generation stealth fighter jet to Israel make US very perturbed with the Chinese increasing involvement in Israeli infrastructure as it will be vulnerable to probable Chinese espionage.
The China Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (COSCO) of China was progressively at work in the Greek port of Piraeus and took over its two main container terminals in 2008 on a 35 year lease. With its continuous political and diplomatic pursuits, the Chinese Shipping giant (COSCO- third largest container shipping company of the world) has taken over the remaining Third container terminal and the Piraeus port authority to run until 2052. With the 600 million euros investment the Chinese company is planning to convert the port into the biggest commercial harbour and boost it to become the unrivalled hub of the growing Asia-Europe trade. And with the acquisition of this strategic port at the gate of Europe, known as “Pearl of the Mediterranean”, China strongly enters the heart of Europe.
Next in the series is the Tripoli port in Lebanon. The China harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) is at work in deep sea port of Tripoli to upgrade it so that it can accommodate the larger vessels. Besides, to enable the port to perform the new role, another Chinese firm, Qingdao Haixi Heavy-Duty Machinary Co. sold two 28-storey container cranes so that it is capable of servicing 700 containers per day. The capacity check was performed by the docking of a huge container vessel of COSCO in December, 2018 and a formal inauguration of new maritime route between China and Mediterranean was made.
Thus established in the strategic port, the Chinese government is trying to make Tripoli part of its “Belt and Road Initiative” and turn it into a special economic zone, and an important transhipment point between China and European market. The Chinese Construction companies are planning to connect the port with developed transportation network by building an advanced railway connecting it with Beirut and further to Homes and Aleppo in Syria. The port is being equipped with latest technology and infrastructure and by 2022 will become a strategic logistics location of whole region and land routes connecting Mediterranean to Central Asia what China wants for long to avoid Suez transit and reduce time.
The diplomatic channels of the Chinese have played a consistent role in supporting the Syrian regime of President Assad throughout the civil war. Its embassy in Damascus remained open and not only provided political and diplomatic support to the Syrian government but also played dominant role in vetoing anti-Damascus resolutions in the UN Security Council. The reconstruction process of post-conflict Syria is holding the chance of Chinese leading role in the country given the US, European and Gulf countries role so far and financial inability of the Chinese partners, Russia and Iran.
Besides, China is planning to connect the emerging Tripoli hub with the Syrian cities and interior to bring the war-torn country under its economic network and remain unchallenged by any other power at later stage. Tripoli port is around at 30 km from the Syrian border and the Chinese infrastructure companies are already at work to connect two Syrian cities Homes and Aleppo with railroad from Tripoli via Beirut.
In addition, it is in close negotiation with the Syrian government, particularly the Transport Ministry to establish a maritime industries city between Tartous and Latakia with a vision to dominate Syrian coastline as per the Syrian-Chinese Business Council. Thus, gradual Chinese involvement in Syrian reconstruction will likely give it access to its strategic ports of Tartous and Latakia, completing its ‘string of pearls’ in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The developments assume an additional significance with the historic joint drills of Russian and Chinese navies in 2015 in the region which has been dominant domain of the NATO and US coalition force. Thus, the growing Chinese influence in the region with increasing control of the chain of ports in the eastern Mediterranean posing a grave challenge to US, NATO and the European powers and their strategies with numerous implications.
The recent remarks of Mike Pompeo, the secretary of State of United States during his visit to Israel on 13th April, 2020, has asked Tel Aviv to give due reconsideration to its joint projects with China. Earlier, the US had asked the Israeli government to sever ties with China particularly in areas which run potential risk to security and intelligence communications. These concerns are part of the larger US-China competition.
The “String of Pearls” of eastern Mediterranean is the manifestation of a change of the strategic landscape in which China is pushing and filling every space decisively wherever US is weakening or withdrawing from as a global power in the distant regions like Mediterranean, a traditional bastion US-led NATO coalition. These ports are surely the building blocks of its “Maritime Silk Route” vision facilitating its trade across Asia and Europe but it also augments its naval presence to counter risk to its trade, interests and global power pursuit.
Author: Dr Khushnam P N  Independent IR and Regional Security Researcher and  Analyst  (Theories of IR & Regional Security, Politics and Security in West Asia, Indian Foreign Policy, Iran-Israel & US, Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics and Multilateralism). Specialization: Iran, US & Gulf Security.  Bangalore, India