Saving Private Enterprise In Afghanistan
January 2nd, 2017
Via The New York Times, commentary on Afghanistan’s private sector: In early December Afghan fashion found a place in the Middle Eastern edition of Vogue magazine, lithe models posed in colorful, high-end gowns and accessories made by craftsmen from Afghanistan. The couture in Vogue’s pages was also featured in a United States-sponsored exhibition I visited here in […]
Read more »TAPI: A Transnational Pipe Dream
December 15th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline: Forecast Until the Taliban and the government in Kabul arrive at a settlement to end the war, building the Afghan portion of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline will be difficult. So long as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the contested […]
Read more »Chabahar Corridor To Give Central Asia ‘Dependable’ Access to Global Markets
December 9th, 2016
Via the Indian Express, a report on the Amritsar Declaration which saw several countries welcome the pact on jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road between China and Afghanistan: Nations taking part in the Heart of Asia (HoA) summit on Sunday acknowledged the “significant” step taken by India, Iran […]
Read more »China’s ‘Silk Road’ Railway Hits Snag In Afghanistan
October 20th, 2016
Via CNBC, a report on China’s ‘Silk Road’ railway which has hit a snag in Afghanistan: A segment of China’s long-hoped-for “Silk Road” railway — and the copper that Beijing hopes it will carry — has run into a snag. The Sino-Afghan Special Railway Transportation connects China to Afghanistan, and is one part of China’s “One Belt, One […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Theorist-In-Chief
June 28th, 2016
Courtesy of The New Yorker, a look at Afghanistan President Ghani’s efforts to save his country from collapse: Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan, wakes up before five every morning and reads for two or three hours. He makes his way daily through an inch-thick stack of official documents. He reads proposals by applicants competing […]
Read more »India and Iran: Changing The Great Game
May 29th, 2016
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at how the Chabahar port in Iran has the potential to alter the dynamics of “The Great Game” for good: The historic pact between India and Iran recently to build Chabahar port in Iran has the potential to alter the dynamics of “The Great Game” for good. The pact, which will kick […]
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