Author: Saima Ali

The Port Politics: Gwadar and Chabahar

The Port Politics: Gwadar and Chabahar

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 […]

The Offshore Enterprise

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 […]