CPEC: Pakistan’s Expensive Gamble
January 17th, 2017
Courtesy of The Gulf News, commentary on how some senior economists in Pakistan are now increasingly voicing their concern over the terms ?of financing from China for CPEC initiatives: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) launched formally during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Islamabad in 2015 symbolises the enduring China-Pakistan friendship. The implementation of the […]
Read more »TAPI: A Transnational Pipe Dream
December 15th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline: Forecast Until the Taliban and the government in Kabul arrive at a settlement to end the war, building the Afghan portion of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline will be difficult. So long as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the contested […]
Read more »The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
December 9th, 2016
Via The News in Pakistan, commentary on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not an ordinary run-of-the-mill project; it involves massive economic activity. Its impact is already being felt in Pakistan, albeit not in the way it was expected. Though the Afghan corridor, which can link the CPEC, remains unavailable due […]
Read more »China About to Start $35 Billion of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan
November 25th, 2016
Via Bloomberg, a report on China’s plans to start its investment in Pakistan as part of its Silk Road initiative: More than three quarters of $46 billion of planned Chinese-led investment in Pakistan will be implemented by next year as part of the world’s second-largest economy’s flagship Silk Road plan. “Out of this $46 billion, […]
Read more »Pakistan, China Launch New Trade Route
November 14th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a look at a new trade route linking southwestern Gwadar port to the Chinese city of Kashgar: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday inaugurated a trade route linking southwestern Gwadar port to the Chinese city of Kashgar as part of a joint multi-billion-dollar project to jumpstart economic growth in the South Asian country. […]
Read more »Iran Opens A New Chapter For China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
October 29th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a look at the role Iran can play in the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): An economic and political analysis of Pakistan believes that Iran can play an important role in the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), opening a new chapter of cooperation. Speaking to a reporter […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.