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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
