China’s Hunger For Energy Resources Is What’s Driving The Belt And Road
October 13th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at one of the key motivations for China’s BRI: While it’s not as symbolic as a Chinese flag-brandishing freight train rolling into a European port for the first time or as sexy as transforming a squalid stretch of desert into a “new Dubai,” or building a Port City on reclaimed land, or high-speed trains between iconic European capitals, […]
Read more »Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road
October 7th, 2017
Via The American Interest, an article on Japan’s interest in China’s BRI: Is Japan warming up to Xi Jinping’s grandiose infrastructure ambitions? That is the impression conveyed by Nippon Express, the major Japanese firm that is taping into China’s Belt and Road Initiative via a joint rail project with Kazakhstan. From the Nikkei Asia Review: Nippon […]
Read more »Afghanistan As South Asia
October 7th, 2017
Via Pakistan’s The Nation, commentary on Afghanistan’s role in South Asia: It is becoming clear that Afghanistan is increasingly an integral part of South Asia. It may not feature in the “official” categorisation of South Asian states (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), but it impacts the two most important states of […]
Read more »Chabahar, India’s Strategic Gateway, On Fast Track vs. OBOR
October 5th, 2017
Via Business Standard, a look at Chabahar port: Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Baluchistan province on the south-eastern coast of Iran, is of a major strategic importance to India as it would give it sea-land access into Afghanistan and through Iran’s eastern borders, to Central Asia. From the Chabahar port, there is a 883-km road route to Afghanistan’s border town […]
Read more »Tycoon Takes Investors Heli Skiing to Show Them Pakistan’s Safe
October 4th, 2017
Via Bloomberg, an interesting look at Pakistan: In the northern snow-capped peaks of Pakistan, Zia Chishti disembarked off a helicopter and skied downhill on a mission to convince investors, clients and company executives that the nation once called by The Economist “the world’s most dangerous place” is now safe for business. Chishti, who grew up […]
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