Pakistan Economy is the World’s Third Fastest Growing Among Top 25 Economies
January 14th, 2018
Via South Asia Investor Review, a look at Pakistan and the world’s fastest growing economies: Pakistan is now the world’s third fastest growing economy among the world’s top 25 economies with PPP GDP of over one trillion US dollars, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF has recently raised the country’s 2018 growth forecast to […]
Read more »Geopolitics of the Lapis Lazuli Corridor
December 24th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the Lapis Lazuli project will advance the geopolitical aspirations of the member countries — and the US: The New Silk Road initiative of the United States came to life in June 2011, when then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hinted at regional connectivity through rail lines, highways, and energy infrastructure […]
Read more »Mapping the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
November 3rd, 2017
Via CSIS’s Reconnecting Asia project, a look at CPEC: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Announced in 2015, CPEC has expanded to include as much as $62 billion of investments. In Pakistan, there have been a range of reactions. CPEC advocates have characterized it as a “game-changer.” Others […]
Read more »TAPI Pipeline
October 20th, 2017
Via Mantraya, commentary on the potential of the TAPI pipeline: The narrow security dominated approach has not yielded results in the last sixteen years of the ‘war on terrorism’ in Afghanistan. And yet there is much emphasis on kinetic operations and troop surge in the new strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by Donald […]
Read more »CPEC Myths And Realities
October 16th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: In Pakistan a lot is being said and talked about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While some analysts term it a mega initiative by Pakistan’s ‘time tested friend’, cynics label it ‘another East India Company in Making”. Another group says, “British Raj undertook many […]
Read more »Afghanistan As South Asia
October 7th, 2017
Via Pakistan’s The Nation, commentary on Afghanistan’s role in South Asia: It is becoming clear that Afghanistan is increasingly an integral part of South Asia. It may not feature in the “official” categorisation of South Asian states (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), but it impacts the two most important states of […]
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