By Adam Garrie | EurasiaFuture | June 27, 2018 Iran’s Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman represents the crowning achievement of Indo-Iranian cooperation in recent decades. The port itself represents the centre of the wider North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) which will link India to Russia and the wider north-western Eurasian space via Iran and […]
“One Belt, One Road,” China’s $1 trillion infrastructure initiative, is a massive undertaking of highways, pipelines, transmission lines, ports, power stations, fiber optics, and railroads connecting China to Central Asia, Europe and Africa. According to Dan Slane, a former advisor in President Trump’s transition team, “It is the largest infrastructure project initiated by one nation […]
Well, it finally happened. Mad Madam Merkel has her coalition. But it comes at a very high cost, and in the long term, all…
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By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | December 6, 2017 Over the past 24 hours, the narrative by India’s self-styled “China watchers” regarding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been shown to be quixotic. The Pakistani media has carried speculative reports that China is holding up the funding for certain road projects coming […]
I'll admit, when people started sending me stories about what is going on in Catalonia, and more particularly, the beautiful city of Barcelona, I…
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Sometimes I feel like I'm living in some sort of geopolitical time warp, or a teacup carnival ride, based not on whirling teacups, but…
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By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | November 19, 2016 The first definitive signals are appearing that the American foreign policies are destined to undergo a historic shift under the Donald Trump presidency. RT confirmed on Friday citing a ‘close source’ (without mentioning the nationality) the media reports speculating that Trump has named retired […]
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | October 1, 2016 The reported decision by Asian Development Bank to lend $2.5 billion to Pakistan and be a collateral financier for upgrade of Lahore-Peshawar segment of the Karachi-Peshawar railway line is a significant development. India should analyse it carefully. (Business Standard ) Firstly, Karachi-Peshawar railway line […]
