Both Gwadar and Chabahar ports have a unique geostrategic and geopolitical significance. Economically and strategically both are vital choke-points which provide unrestricted access to the Indian Ocean where about 100,000 ships and around 70 percent of the world’s petroleum trade passes each year. The strategic significance of these ports is visibly […]
Author: Saima Ali
The Challenging CPEC: Can Gwadar and Chabahar Remain Friends?
The strategic game changer project,China Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), is biggest ever investment for both China and Pakistan that is poised to change the future course of history for both countries. It aims to connect Gwadar port in the south western Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang, via […]
The Offshore Enterprise
The start of April 2016 rocked the world with yet another earthquake of international scandals of corruption, tax evasion, and other criminality such as by the global offshore industry. Over 60 media outlets collaborating with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) are publishing a series of stories based on documents […]