China and India: Torn Between Silk Roads and Loaded Guns
July 25th, 2017
Via Asia Times, commentary on the current stand-off at Doklam, or Donglang, which may ultimately be little more than a sideshow in the bigger picture as South Asia’s tectonic plates shift in a direction that makes New Delhi’s resistance to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) look increasingly futile: So, once again it’s down to a […]
Read more »India And Afghanistan Attempt To Bypass Their Obstructive Neighbour
June 19th, 2017
Via Frontera News, a look at India and Afghanistan’s efforts to bypass Pakistan: Regional allies India and Afghanistan are stepping up their efforts to strengthen commercial ties with the development of air and land transport corridors bypassing Pakistan, which obstructs trade between the two countries. India believes bolstering trading links with Afghanistan will also help […]
Read more »South Asia: A Bump in the Belt and Road
May 16th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of South Asia’s involvement in China’s OBOR program: As part of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, China is looking to build new inroads into South Asia. The region is rife with opportunity for Beijing. By establishing new security and economic connections with neighboring South Asian countries, China […]
Read more »New Silk Road Or New Great Game? India Developing New Sri Lanka Port To Combat China
April 26th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at Sri Lanka and India’s efforts to develop Trincomalee port in the northeast of Sri Lanka: As regional powers like China, Russia, Japan, and India vie for political and economic position throughout the eastern realms of Eurasia, many of the less powerful countries caught in the middle are employing what could be […]
Read more »India’s Flawed Opposition to China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
February 1st, 2017
Via India’s Economic & Political Weekly, a look at how geopolitics rather than geoeconomics predominates India’s thinking on possibilities offered by the revival of the old Silk Road by the Chinese: The 3,000 km-long China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) consisting of highways, railways, and pipelines is the latest irritant in the India–China relationship. The corridor connects […]
Read more »India, Iran: Cooperating On Central Asia
January 27th, 2017
Via the National Interest, some commentary on how – from security to energy – the two rising powers of India and Iran have many interests in common: Iran and India have long had historical, cultural, and commercial ties. Tracing back a millennium, both countries have framed their shared roots as a “civilizational relationship.” Over the […]
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