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Neighborhood News Digest- 12 September 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate, Turkmenistan Strengthen Ties with Launch of TAPI Project-Tolo News

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, said on September 11, in Herat that the commencement of ....

September 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Employment , Balochistan , Security , Gwadar , Turkmenistan , UN , war crimes , reform , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Mindfulness City , Maldives-Qatar , Maldives Credit Rating , Faryab , Sindh.

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 July- 04 Aug)

Economic

The U.S. Has Been Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing. But China Is in Another League.

Countries around the world are throwing tens of billions of dollars at manufacturing in a race to dominate clean energy, com....

August 13, 2024 QUAD , BRICS , Gwadar , Manufacturing , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , BYD , IPEF , Maduro , Haniyeh , Nikkei , Li Hui , Prisoner Swap

PM Shahbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Shahbaz Sharif concluded his five-day visit to China on 8th June. While China may be Pakistan’s most important foreign partner, the prime minister’s dash to Beijing on the eve of the budget session raises questions. Pakistan follows a July-June b....

June 14, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , China , CPEC , Balochistan , Gwadar , IMF , Shahbaz Sharif , Gen Asim Munir

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani med....

November 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , China , CPEC , Gwadar , BLA , debt restructuring

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance

Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two p....

May 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , CPEC , Balochistan , ISI , Gwadar , Karachi , Baloch Liberation Army , free baloch , Voice Of Missing Baloch , By waahin Baloch

China-Pakistan Strategic Nexus: Implications for India

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The growing China-Pakistan nexus raises the threat to India. Their strategic and territorial interests have been cemented by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the flow of Chinese military power into Pakistan, China veritably straddles....

April 16, 2021 Pakistan , Article , China , CCP , CPEC , PLA , Gwadar , Ladakh , Two Front war , Western Theatre Command , J &K

CPEC: Chinese ‘Dragon’ in Pakistan’s ‘Tent'

Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

On Monday, 22 Feb 2021, Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CCoCPEC] instructed Ministries of Defence and Interior to ensure that Pakistan Navy and the Coast Guards immediately vacate 116 acres of real estate in Gwadar....

March 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , China , CPEC , Gwadar , Pakistan Navy , BRI , Pishkuan

Deconstructing China Pakistan Economic Corridor- Is it Viable?

Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Covid-19 crisis has compelled the world to re- envision its strategies of cooperation and contestation with China. International community has demanded an investigation of the origin of virus putting the spotlight firmly on China. However, these unpr....

September 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , China , Belt and Road Initiative , CPEC , Gwadar , Economic crisis , China Pakistan Economic Corridor , China Perfidy

Gwadar and The Chinese Navy

Commodore Gopal Suri

The Gwadar Port

The port of Gwadar has been a prominent part of Pakistani aspirations and also figures in many arguments about Chinese ambitions in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Gwadar has also been projected as the gatew....

January 18, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Gwadar , Chinese Navy , Pakistan Port

China’s Stance towards Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Recent Developments

Dr Teshu Singh

Background Given its geo-strategic location, China has been keenly interested in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) for long. The Chinese plan, to use Pakistan card against India dates back to the 1950’s when Zhou En Lai suggested....

November 28, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , China , Kashmir , POK , OBOR , CPEC , Gwadar , Karakoram Highway , NDRC , National Development Reform Commission , Zarb-e-Azb , XUAR in China