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 ‘Silk Road of Health’
M K Bhadrakumar l
A virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal on July 27 becomes the third vector of Beijing’s ‘Silk Road of Health’ diplomacy in Asia.
A Xinhua report on the...
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...
CPEC: Pakistan’s Path to Progress
Sabah Aslam l
It has been almost six years now, since CPEC was first conceived and approximately four years since the mega project became a ground reality. So far, the project has ushered long lasting...
Indian Delusions About Gwadar
Jawad Falak l
A ship carrying 16,400 tonnes of DAP fertiliser for Afghanistan anchored at the Gwadar Port on 30 May. The ship brought fertiliser from Australia under the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement. This is...
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...
CPEC is the perfect opportunity for Pakistan to pivot to Africa
Andrew Korybko |
All Great Powers, including most recently even Russia and India, are increasingly expanding their influence in Africa as they seek to take part in the continent’s expected growth across this century, and...
Countering Terrorism & the Dawn of CPEC
Sabah Aslam l
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is much more than just a development deal between two states; it is to a large extent a mega-project which encompasses many foyers of economy, trade and politics...
What’s Russia Up to in the Iranian Port of Chabahar?
Andrew Korybko |
An interesting sequence of events has recently taken place that makes many wonder what Russia’s up to in the Iranian port of Chabahar. It’s widely known that Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and India...
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...
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Belt & Road Initiative
Khurram Ali l
The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It was aimed at outlining the country’s strategic direction, in particular,...
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...
Belt & Road Initiative: China Tiptoeing Towards Super Power Status
TIC Analysis |
The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It was aimed at outlining the country’s strategic direction, in particular,...
Iran’s E-CPEC+ Could Ruin India’s Regional Vision
Andrew Korybko |
Iran’s E-CPEC+ Could Ruin India’s Regional Vision: India’s zero-sum plans of using its reinvigorated strategic partnership with Russia to “balance” China in the region of “Greater South Asia” are at risk of being ruined...
US is not against CPEC: An Indian view?
M K Bhadrakumar |
The statement made by the US Defence Secretary James Mattis at the US Senate Armed Services Committee last week in Washington regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor may come as music to...
KSA & CPEC: Marriage of convenience?
News Review|
Pakistan has struck a $10 billion deal with and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after taking the Chinese authorities in confidence over the KSA joining as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project as a...
China struggles with Belt and Road pushback
James M. Dorsey |
China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or fail to meet their needs, has conceded that adjustments...
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...
Belt and road forum: Return of the old world
Jawad Falak |
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation took place in China on May 14–15, 2017 in Beijing, and hosted 29 foreign heads of state and government and representatives from more than...
What is China’s main motive behind Belt and Road Initiative?
M K Bhadrakumar |
Over the past 24 hours, the narrative by India’s self-styled “China watchers” regarding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been shown to be quixotic. The Pakistani media has carried speculative reports that...
OBOR: Has India lost its ticket to development?
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
According to Pakistani press, one highlight of the participation by PM Nawaz Sharif at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing (May 14-15) was to be the signing of a Memorandum of...
Chabahar – Some Indian myths and the reality
M K Bhadrakumar |
The first shipment of wheat on Sunday from Kandla port to Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar Port is cause for celebration in India. A surface route is not ethereal, unlike an air bridge; it...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey |
Increasingly caught up in the Middle-Eastern conflict, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran amid concern in Islamabad that the potential US-Saudi efforts to destabilize the...
The Future of CPEC
Raheel Hassan |
The 56-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a part of China’s One Belt, One Road vision. Pakistan sees it as a gateway to prosperity, no doubt, but there are too many ambiguous...
Will CPEC bear its economic fruits as promised?
News Desk|
The lack of formal government is leading to a downfall in the CPEC project. Recent updates on the revolutionary projects demonstrated by China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), show signs of undergoing a crisis.
A...
India’s Ethno-Terror Proxies : From East Pakistan to CPEC
Jawad Falak |
16 December 2018 marked the 47th year since the fall of Dhaka to the Indian Army in the war of 1971. The war which started with the backing of terrorist elements known...
