Will China Save The Afghan Economy?
November 3rd, 2021
Via The Middle East Institute, a report on Afghanistan’s future economic possibilities and China’s role therein: Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing. The Taliban’s forceful seizure of power led to a curtailment of almost all foreign aid, a devastating development for a nation overwhelmingly dependent on international assistance. Widespread drought, pervasive corruption, the perennially inadequate use of […]
Read more »Uzbekistan To Discuss Construction of Trans-Afghan Railway With Taliban
October 8th, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the exploration of trans-Afghan railway: Uzbekistan and the Taliban movement (recognized as terrorist and banned in many countries) will soon hold talks in the Uzbek city of Termez on the construction of the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway. This was reported by the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry following […]
Read more »Afghanistan: No Treasure Trove For China
October 4th, 2021
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Afghanistan’s mineral reserves: In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a popular narrative has emerged that paints the war-torn country as a geopolitical prize ripe for China to take. According to this logic, Beijing is greedily eying Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, and Chinese policymakers are chomping at […]
Read more »Why is the TAPI Gas Pipeline So Important to Turkmenistan?
September 26th, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, an article on the importance of TAPI to Turkmenistan: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov strictly adheres to the policy of his predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov. The present leader of the country, who bears the official title of Arkadag, translated as patron from the Turkmen language, does his best to ensure that the state […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Fate Will Be Shaped by Geoeconomics
September 21st, 2021
Via Geopolitical Monitor, an article on the impact of geoeconomics on Afghanistan’s future: Geoeconomics was originally defined by the strategic thinker Edward Luttwak as the logic of conflict expressed through the grammar of commerce. As such, it represents an analytical model that is appropriate to examine the involvement of geopolitical forces in the economic sphere […]
Read more »The Afghan Commodities That China, India And Russia May Develop
September 4th, 2021
Via Silk Road Briefing, commentary on potential access to Afghanistan’s mineral resources in light of the Taliban’s victory: Afghanistan’s huge mineral wealth and development opportunities are heading East, not West. The underlying reasons for the US and NATO’s operations in Afghanistan, prompted by the faster than expected success of the Taliban taking control were strongly […]
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