Bruno Maçães, a former Portuguese Europe minister, argues that the Old Continent needs to respond to the New Silk Road as planned by China, called the Belt and Road initiative. This answer should start with taking a pan-continental view on (geo-) politics and consider Europe and Asia to be one continent. Maçães gives three reasons why Europe needs to adopt a Eurasian perspective (quoting him): 1. Because Russia and China have one… Read More