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Updated November 21, 2020
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Nagorno-Karabakh Resolution Will Give Turkey Direct Access To Azerbaijan
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Nakhchivan Corridor will eventually compete with the BTK railway Georgia will lose its transit fees monopoly Turkey growing increasingly influential in the South Caucasus https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2020/11/16/nagorno-karabakh-resolution-will-give-turkey-direct-access-to-azerbaijan Xinhua Silk Road Database
Belt and Road Weekly
Meditation, Exercise, Herbs Nature, Science and COVID-19
There is no cure for COVID-19. But, there are some simple things that can help strengthen the human immune system according to scientific research.
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Huge Silk Road News: RCEP Signed
Formation of the world's largest free trade zone suggests a true multi-polar world is finally materializing.
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COVID-19
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Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour
Writer G. Brundage at Bell Tower in Xian, Official starting point of the ancient Silk Roads photo taken July 15, 2015
In Ankara Turkey, far left is Professor Yilmoz Selim Erdol_center is Professor Gregory McMahon, on right traveler G. Brundage
Two years later in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey
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Tashkent Left to right friend and translator Mirzahid Mirdjalalov, writer G. Brundage, Farrukh Usmanov Director of Academy of Art of Uz and Master Chief Archeologist Sheyko Konstanteen Alexan at the Uzbekistan International Caravanserai of Culture, January 2016
Hititte Collection at Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Istanbul
Hecang Fortress Gansu, once upon a time the northern frontier gate to China's Silk Road 4/27/2017
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Some of the areas I'd like to explore:
In sum, there's a lot of work a Silk Road Research Center can do.
- To what extent are the Silk Road Research Centers around the world cooperating with each other?
- Which Silk Road archeological sites in each country are most in need of stabilization, excavation, restoration and protection now?
- Is it possible to massively expand archeological work all along the Silk Roads? Though UNESCO seemed to taking the lead on this in the past, the UN now is overwhelmed with other crises... Is it possible some other external funding could be obtained? What national and international organizations can take a lead in these efforts?
- To what extent can the Tourist Development organizations in the Silk Road countries work better together to promote and begin to restart Silk Road Tourism in the wake of COVID-19?
- Given that half of the world's ancient treasures are sitting in European and American museum basements collecting dust, what kinds of budgets are they dealing with, and can better access be accelerated? Is there a lobby group to encourage better accounting and access to the stolen treasures of the Silk Road countries?
- Conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and other Silk Road areas are not going away. Is it possible conflict resolution skills training can be added to the curriculum at all levels of education throughout the world? Is it possible "back door" negotiations can take place to get foreign proxy armies out and away from these international conflicts?
- Water, food, medicine, and education are sorely lacking in less economically developed areas along the Silk Road. Is it possible a Land Silk Road research group could evolve to prioritize needs and resources, aided by the governments of these countries?
- What can all people along the Silk Road do to improve the image of this vast and ancient region?
In sum, there's a lot of work a Silk Road Research Center can do.