TAPI’ng Out: Iran Ready To Swap Turkmenistan Gas For Delivery To Pakistan
May 2nd, 2018
Via The Times of Central Asia, a report on Iran’s skepticism about TAPI: Iran’s deputy petroleum minister expressed doubts about the probability of completion of Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline and said his country is ready to swap Turkmenistan’s gas destined for Pakistan, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported on April 29. Hamidreza Araqi said that Iran is the […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Agrees to ‘Take Part’ in TAPI
April 24th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a report that Uzbekistan is Uzbekistan has reportedly agreed to participate in the massive Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. The news comes as Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid a visit to Tashkent on Monday. As the visit began, RFE/RL reported that sources had indicated TAPI was on the agenda, followed by Reutersreporting that Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev […]
Read more »Bangladesh: Poised To Graduate From “Least Developed Country” to “Developing Country”
April 24th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a look at Bangladesh’s economic growth: The United Nations Committee for Development Policy announced in March that Bangladesh had successfully met the criteria to graduate from a “least developed country” (LDC) to a “developing country” (DC). That sounds like a lot of bureaucratese. But it isn’t. The UN’s low-key proclamation has led […]
Read more »Caspian Games: Central Asian ‘Stans’ Vie For Connectivity Market
April 20th, 2018
Via The Asia Times, a report on what some have referred to as ‘Pipelineistan’, but with its Belt and Road Initiative, China is set to be the top game-changer: Azerbaijan held a presidential election this month. Predictably, incumbent leader Ilham Aliyev won his fourth consecutive term with a Kim dynasty-esque 86% of the votes. International monitors […]
Read more »Indonesian State Companies Scramble For Africa
April 18th, 2018
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on recent deals by Garuda and Wijaya Karya which signal increasing south-east Asian influence in Africa: There were smiles from the African delegates gathered on April 10 for the Indonesia Africa Forum in Bali as Indonesian company executives signed a series of Africa-related business deals. The agreements not […]
Read more »Connecting Asia: Uzbekistan Looks to Capitalize on Central Asia’s Transport Potential
April 12th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Uzbekistan – with new rail projects – is contributing to the development of transport and trade in Central and South Asia: One of the priorities of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy is the implementation of strategically important projects in the development of transport and communication infrastructure of Uzbekistan and Central […]
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