Tag: Belt and Road Initiative
Pakistan: New approach needed for leveraging international financial resources
Haroon Sharif | Pakistan has had a long history of engaging with international financial institutions (IFIs) including the multilateral banks, IMF, UN agencies, bi-lateral aid...
Securing Xinjiang: China adds security component to belt and road initiative
James M Dorsey | China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative. Long projected as driven by economics and...
Geopolitics and geo-economics of belt and road
Babar Zehri | The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It...
Great Powers strategic competition in Indo-Pacific region
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The convergence of Americans and Indians strategic interest not only endure Washington’s decisive role in the Indo-Pacific region but also strengthen...
Pakistan and Iran keen to promote trading ties despite tensions
News Analysis | Iran's envoy to Pakistan, Mr. Mehdi Honardoost has said that efforts are being made to strengthen bilateral trade relations with Pakistan. The ambassador...
More American troops will not solve the Afghan quagmire
Rupert Stone | Afghanistan is back in the headlines. The 16-year US-led war – which began as a response to the attacks of September 11,...
Will OBOR help China to overcome its economic crisis?
China caught the world’s eyes with its high-profile global forum on the so-called Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing on 14-15 May 2017. The developmental blueprint,...
How Putin intends to jump on the OBOR bandwagon
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Russia has not been a significant beneficiary so far of the Chinese honeypot known as Belt and Road Initiative – although...
