India-Iran-Uzbekistan Pursue Central Asian Connectivity
December 21st, 2020
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the Iranian port of Chabahar has the potential to shift some of the regional dynamics in India’s favor: India, Iran, and Uzbekistan have held their first trilateral meeting for possible joint use of Chabahar port. The meeting was chaired jointly by India’s Secretary of Shipping Sanjeev Ranjan, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister […]
Read more »India Gaining Foothold In Central Asia As Iran’s Chabahar Port Attracts New Foreign Partners
December 14th, 2020
Via Eurasian Times, an article on the Chabahar Port which is close to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port that is being developed by China as part of its China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which links it to the Indian Ocean through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Chabahar port is back in the news as India, Uzbekistan, and Iran are […]
Read more »Iranian-Indian-Russian Push An Alternative to Suez & BRI
July 27th, 2020
Via Global Village Space, a report on an Iranian-Indian-Russian push to establish an International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC): Iran, together with India and Russia, is pushing forward with a sea and rail corridor that could substantially reduce the time and cost of shipping goods from India to Europe. If this Iranian-Indian-Russian push is successful, the […]
Read more »Beijing and Delhi’s One Hundred Year Development Plan
May 14th, 2020
Via Silk Road Briefing, commentary on China’s investment interest in, and strategy towards, India: Much has been made of recent Indian regulatory issues being anti-China investment in tone, however they failed to read the small print. India is in fact the current largest recipient of announced Chinese outbound investment right now, which has risen from […]
Read more »In Shadow of BRI: The Great Railway Game
April 1st, 2020
Via Reconnecting Asia, a look at how the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is complemented by two other initiatives: the Chabahar International Transport and Transit Corridor; and the proposed Russia-Pakistan (Ru-Pak) Corridor The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), examined in the first part of this series, has developed slowly but steadily during its twenty years of existence. Although mired […]
Read more »India-Chabahar-Afghanistan TIR Corridor Launched
March 15th, 2020
Via The Financial Tribune, a report on the launch of the Chabahar corridor: Two loaded containers were transported successfully from India’s Mumbai to Iran’s Chabahar, which exited through Dogharoun Border crossing to Afghanistan under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) on Friday. According to Mostafa Ayati, an official with the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs […]
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