Today’s Great Game: China, India, Iran and Pakistan Crowd Russia in Central Aisa
November 10th, 2011
Courtesy of James Brooke, an interesting look at the geopolitics of Central Asia: When I was in Dushanbe, India’s defense minister just happened to be in the neighborhood, and popped in for a visit. After the traditional bread and honey welcome ceremony at the airport, he met behind closed doors with Tajikistan’s defense minister and […]
Read more »TAPI’ng Along
November 7th, 2011
Via the Khaleej Times, an updated report on the Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. As the article notes: Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline, or TAPI, took a good step forward as Ashkabad and Islamabad have agreed on the illusive pricing formula and have vowed to complete it in the shortest possible time. Pakistan and Turkmenistan, at the […]
Read more »India’s Track 3: Afghan-Iran Rail Link
November 2nd, 2011
Via The Hindustan Times, a report that India is planning a rail linkage of Iran and Afghanistan: “…In a bold move to assert itself in the Af-Pak region and reduce Pakistan’s room for manoeuvre, India is finalising a plan to construct a 900-km railway line that will connect Chabahar port in Iran, being built with […]
Read more »China: Passing The Buck in Afghanistan?
October 30th, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on China’s economic interests in Afghanistan which, so far, have not been mirrored by any security investments. As the report notes: “…As we pass the 10-year anniversary of the US-led war in Afghanistan, most attention has been focused on how much longer the United States intends to stay in […]
Read more »China Seeks Profit, Shuns Politics, In Afghanistan
October 8th, 2011
Via Reuters, a report on China’s focus on Afghan natural resources: The Chinese passengers boarding the weekly Ariana Flight 332 from the remote western city of Urumqi to Kabul speak volumes about ties between a rising China, the world’s number two economy, and its desperately poor and unstable neighbour, Afghanistan. Of at least nine Chinese, […]
Read more »The Not-So-Great Game: Afghanistan and China
October 4th, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, a very interesting article on the Pentagon’s recent handling of Afghanistan’s natural resources. As the article notes: In about a week, the Afghan Ministry of Mines will announce that the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) — the largest state-owned Chinese company — has won the rights to develop and explore several oil […]
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