Indian media tantalizes Russia over NSG membership: A wave of poor relations?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | An exclusive story in today’s Times of India claims that India has made Russian projects to construct more nuclear power plants in India...
CPEC: Pakistan’s economic development or China’s Imperialism
Raheel Hassan | The 56-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a part of China’s One Belt, One Road vision. Pakistan sees it as a gateway...
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...
OBOR: Has India lost its ticket to development?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | According to Pakistani press, one highlight of the participation by PM Nawaz Sharif at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing (May...
Is India cutting ‘off its nose to spite its face’ on OBOR?
News Analysis | India has not sent an official delegation to attend the "Belt and Road Forum" in Beijing and instead criticized China's global initiative,...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Pakistan’s strong economic performance? Questionable
Michael Kugelman| Recent months have seen a proliferation of Western media commentary attesting to Pakistan’s strong economic performance. Factors of economic development Tyler Cowan declared Pakistan’s economy...
Why China wants to ‘speed up’ CPEC’s construction?
News Analysis | The Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for pushing faster the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to reports...
Prime Minister all set for trip to Beijing: CPEC is flagship project of OBOR
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is traveling to Beijing with a high-level delegation and chief ministers of the four provinces, to attend a two-day international...
Russia’s interference: US foreign policy or domestic policy?
Adam Garrie | Many had hoped that the firing of former FBI director James Comey would bring an end to the disgrace of ‘Russiagate’. Russiagate...
America’s wars around the globe: Necessary and constitutional?
Jacob G. Hornberger | For 45 years, the United States was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and communism. In the 1960s,...
Making a success story out of CPEC: Certain, probable, or doubtful?
Nasir Azeem | The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being talked about a lot in media, policy circles, and academia. This game-changing project is a...