How Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal affects China’s Future Plans in South Caucasus?
Yunis Sharifli l
On September 27, 2020, the command of the Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive to prevent the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces. Following the launch of the counter-offensive on 28 September,...
EU-UK Trade Deal: Now or Never
The race is on for EU-U.K. trade negotiators to resolve their outlying disputes on fishing rights and “level playing field” issues in order to avoid a disruptive no-deal British exit from the EU single...
What is CPEC and Why is it Vital for the Region?
TIC Focus l
Times are changing, the world is transforming, with Asia being the epicenter of this 21st century transformation. The center of economic power is shifting from the west towards the east partly because...
U.S-China Trade War and its Impact on Belt & Road Initiative
Fazal Gilani l
A conflict theory suggested by Karl Marx mainly focuses on competition between two powerful groups on economic and social views. These groups could use economic institutions as tools of struggle and maintain...
China’s Belt and Road is not Dead, it is Changing
M K Bhadrakumar l
With the rebound of the Chinese economy, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on the march again. An Associated Press report from Beijing last Thursday said China is the first major economy to...
Defining Maritime Tourism
Theobaid (1994) suggested that “etymologically, the word maritime tourism is derived from the Latin. ‘tornare’ and the Greek, Tornos’ meaning ‘a lathe or circle; the movement around a central point or axis’. This meaning...
Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI
Yunis Sharifli l
At a time when U.S. influence in the South Caucasus is declining and the European Union is not fully engaged in the region, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as...
Why is Strait of Hormuz so Vital for Global Economy?
Jawad Falak l
According to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “the Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint because its daily oil flow of about 17 million barrels...
Of IMF’s Debt Trap And Chinese Debt Peonage
Adv Abdul Rasool Syed l
With the mandate of fostering global monetary corporations, securing financial stability, facilitating international trade, promoting high employment and sustainable growth, and reducing poverty around the world, IMF formally came into...
What Ails Pakistan’s Economy – Way Forward
Asif Haroon Raja l
Pakistan economy has most of the time been at the brink of collapse and was repeatedly bailed out by world financial institutions. Whenever the economy showed signs of progress and climbed...
Pakistan And The FATF Grey List
Oriental Review l
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions, with the objectives of the to set standards and promote effective implementation...
Battle for Economy: China vs the West
Farid A Malik |
Own the nation, the rest will fall into place. Chairman Mao Tse Tung was arguably one of the most outstanding leaders of China and the world. He said, “Revolution comes through...
The Russo-Indian Oil Deal Is an ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ for Iran
Andrew Korybko |
New RT columnist and former Indian naval intelligence officer Shishir Upadhyaya published an article over the weekend titled “Unpleasant surprise for Washington? US oil sanctions on Iran force India to look to Russia“,...
The Economic Crisis Of Our Age
Oriental Review l
Economic Crisis
Famous German philosopher Karl Marx referring to the cycles of history once said: “History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce”. In the contemporary discourse, 1970s and 1980s marked themselves as the...
BRI: World’s Path to Progress
Sabah Aslam l
The terrestrial and maritime connectivity proposed by the Chinese government back in 2013 with six connectivity corridors reflects the vision of shared future for humanity. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an...
Chinese Growth and Lessons for Pakistan
Sabah Aslam l
Throughout the past, nations have strived to seek knowledge from each other. In order to enhance the society and uplift its standards, lessons from past ventures of one society proved beneficial for...
Pakistan and the Other — Stans
Sabah Aslam l
From the coasts of Caspian Sea to the rouged lands touching Afghanistan, there lies a belt of resource rich countries – the Central Asian States. Comprising five states, the region is fast...
Pakistan: The Global Pivot State
Andrew Korybko |
As astounding as it may sound to most observers, the global pivot state of the 21st century isn’t China, the US, nor Russia, but Pakistan. The South Asian state regrettably has a terrible...
Re-modeling Pakistan’s Economy
Farid A Malik |
‘You can have pound of flesh but cannot draw blood’. These are the lines from the 16th century play ‘Merchant of Venice’ written by William Shakespeare. He covered the topic of...
US Could Change Global Geopolitics By Becoming The Top Oil Exporter In 2024
Andrew Korybko |
The International Energy Agency forecast that the US could become the world’s top oil exporter by 2024.
The report attributes this to “the incredible strength of its shale industry”, noting that it amounts to “a...
Pakistan’s Economy: End of a Hard Journey?
TIC Analysis |
The Economy of Pakistan was already in a dire state when the current government took office and had to start by seeking a foreign bailout. This time, however, the scale of the...
The TAPI Pipeline: Expectations and Realities
Asif Haroon Raja |
Till recent, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project was seen as a pipedream, but it has suddenly turned into a reality and apparently its completion is not too far. Lobbyists of...
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline
Asif Haroon Raja |
Till recent, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project was seen as a pipedream, but it has suddenly turned into a reality and apparently its completion is not too far. Lobbyists of...
Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle...
James M Dorsey |
Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi spotlights fundamentally different investment strategies and environments in...
Business Community vows to boycott Indian Products
News Desk |
President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sheikh Amir Waheed has said if Indian leadership did not change its current approach towards Pakistan, business community of Pakistan would keep boycotting Indian products.
Commenting...
What is CPEC & Why is it Vital for the Region?
Muhammad Bilal Abdul Ghani |
CPEC is fusion of multiple corridors that are:
Infrastructure corridor
Industrial corridor
Investment corridor
Energy corridor
Trade corridor
Transportation corridor
The approximate length of CPEC is 3000KM. and it consists of...
Poland wants to join CPEC: Diplomat tells business community
News Desk |
Ambassador of Poland to Pakistan,Piotr A. Opalinski has said his country enjoy very special ties with Pakistan which would be deepened further by the passage of time.
Ambassador Opalinski said this while talking...
