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China’s Boao Forum for Asia and Economic Integration through CPEC
These days the “Asian Competitiveness Annual Report 2018” has become talk of the town, which says that BRI’s flagship project i.e. CPEC) is now...
Private Sector Investment Needed to Support Growth in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s economy is forecast to moderate to 2.5% growth in 2018 and 2019 due to the challenging security and political situations in the country,...
Jihadists of Katibat Imam al Bukhari are afraid of the US strike
The US State Department added Central Asian jihadist group Katibat Imam al Bukhari (KIB) to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorist...
China moves to counter violent and non-violent expressions of Uighur identity
China is moving on multiple fronts to pre-empt in the short-term Uighur foreign fighters fleeing Syria and Iraq from reasserting themselves in Central Asia...
Pakistan-Russia Growing Convergence of Interests
The fast changing geopolitical realities in global politics underpinned by resurgence of China and Russia and the waning hegemony of the US have paved...
Iran’s policy towards regional security threats
Over the past few decades, the geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East has changed in a way that made this region as a major...
US Call for a New Relationship
‘Trust, but verify’ an Old Russian proverb that President Reagan liked to repeat often. Trump is neither the first President nor he is going...
For peace in Afghanistan, talk to Afghans
Quite clearly, the beleaguered ‘national unity government’ in Kabul, which has faced blistering criticism at home and abroad for failing to stem violence, has...
Power Interconnection Project to Strengthen Power Trade Between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan
A framework agreement for the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) Power Interconnection Project was signed last week that will pave the way for the delivery of...
Iran losing historic chance to capture gas market share
The long-awaited gas pipeline project of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) connecting the energy-rich Central Asian nation with the South Asian countries was...