Category: Belt and Road Initiative
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Afghanistan and Central Asia Collaborate to Boost Regional Trade
James Durso James D. Durso is the Managing Director of Corsair LLC, a supply chain consultancy. In 2013 to2015, he was the Chief Executive Officer of AKM… More Info Premium Content By James Durso – Sep 07, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT Afghanistan and Uzbekistan strengthen trade ties with new agreements, including the Termez International Trade…
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Opinion | It’s Time Pakistan Stopped Blaming Others For Its Balochistan Problem
On August 26, one of the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province occurred, with over 70 people, including Pakistan Army soldiers, reportedly killed by the separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The date held significant meaning for Balochistan as it marked the 18th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti, a Baloch nationalist leader killed by…
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China’s Middle East policy shift from “hedging” to “wedging”
Report September 5, 2024 • 9:00 am ET Jonathan Fulton and Michael Schuman Table of contents Introduction: China, the Gaza crisis, and the new Middle EastChina’s interests in the Middle EastCountry-to-country tiesAt the international levelMiddle East responsesSystemic considerations in China’s approach to the Middle EastThe logic of hedgingThe transition to wedgingChallenges to China’s strategyThe dynamic…
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Saudi Options in Light of US-Chinese Polarization
In recent years, Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy has evolved significantly due to a range of internal and external factors. These changes have included shifts in its objectives, roles, orientations, behaviors, and the tools it employs on the global stage. A central element of this new approach has been Saudi Arabia’s strategy to diversify its international…
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Exclusive | Middle East ‘the best place’ for China and US to cooperate, observer says
Hezbollah will definitely retaliate and continue to launch missiles and rockets at Israel. Hamas will definitely take some action too, but Hamas really does not have the strength to fight any more. Although its leader has been killed, it is unable to make any major moves. Under the current circumstances, Israel may also not want…
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Who Is Playing Who In The Great Iraq Carve-Up?
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – Aug 28, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT Chinese firms won most of Iraq’s latest oil contracts, continuing China’s dominance in Iraq’s…
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Will Russia Support Iran in the Event of its Full-scale Attack on Israel?
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 78 (August 27, 2024) Relations between Iran and Russia have significantly expanded since the onset of the full-scale military conflict in Ukraine in February 2022. Iran’s new president has promised to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Moscow during the BRICS summit in Russia, scheduled to take place in Kazan from October…
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In Pakistan’s Balochistan, deadly attacks rip uneasy migrant-local equation
Islamabad, Pakistan – For 15 years, pick-up truck driver Qadeer Aslam had been transporting goods across Pakistan. Most of his trips were to Balochistan, about 400km (250 miles) west of his village near Burewala city in southern Punjab province. Over the years, Aslam, 32, was able to save enough money to buy his own truck,…
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What’s behind the bloodiest recent attacks in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province?
Multiple attacks in Pakistan‘s restive southwest have killed at least 38 people, the highest death toll in a 24-hour period blamed on separatists in Baluchistan province in recent years. Gunmen mowed down people after dragging them off buses, cars and trucks. Police and passersby were fatally shot in broad daylight in another district. A railway…
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Who are Pakistan’s ethnic militants fighting for secession?
Updated Aug 26, 2024, 07:32 PM Published Aug 26, 2024, 07:22 PM ISLAMABAD – Separatist militants launched several coordinated attacks in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan, killing at least 39 people, officials said on Monday, in the most widespread assault by ethnic insurgents for years. Here are some facts on the group, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed…