Geonomics, Not Geopolitics is Driving Pakistan’s Courting of Bangladesh
February 15th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on Islamabad’s efforts to enhance and diversify economic relations in its immediate neighborhood, focusing on trade and connectivity: The recent regime change in Bangladesh has triggered a Pakistan-Bangladesh rapprochement. Since Muhammad Yunus took charge as leader of Bangladesh’s interim government on August 8, several high-level meetings have been held between […]
Read more »Can Critical Minerals Redefine Pakistan-US Relations?
February 10th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Islamabad’s bet on critical minerals could work, but only if it navigates the complex web of geopolitical and domestic obstacles with resolve: Pakistan and the United States, long bound by a security-centric relationship, may be on the cusp of a transformation as Islamabad explores proposals to attract the […]
Read more »How Pakistan’s Military Is Taking Over Its Economy
February 1st, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at how investors are increasingly nervous over the extent to which Pakistan’s armed forces have become intimately involved in everything from canal projects to energy contracts: On a sunny early January afternoon, two thousand fishermen, farmers and activists gathered on the dry river bed outside Kotri Barrage in Pakistan, […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Set To Buy Stake In Pakistan Copper and Gold Mining Project
January 26th, 2025
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Saudi Arabia’s plans to purchase up to 20% share in $9bn complex as it looks to accelerate its diversification away from oil: Saudi Arabia’s investment mining fund is set to buy a stake in Pakistan’s Reko Diq project, which will be one of the world’s largest copper […]
Read more »Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?
January 22nd, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – if Pakistan does not keep its part of the pipeline agreement with Iran – it will have to shell out a potential $18 billion to Tehran: Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced in December that he planned to request a sanctions waiver for the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project from […]
Read more »Gwadar International Airport: A Catalyst for Regional Prosperity and Employment Opportunities
January 20th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) which marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions: The long-anticipated operationalization of the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) marks a transformative chapter in the development of Gwadar and its surrounding regions. This state-of-the-art […]
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