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Pakistan’s Economy At Tipping Point
With the rupee in freefall and foreign exchange reserves dwindling, the country faces its worst balance of payments crisis, threatening to tip its fragile economy over the edge.
New IMF Loan Forces Hard Choices On Bangladesh
The decision to take a loan from the IMF can only be judged successful if the economy is stronger in 10 years than it is today.
Bureaucracy, Water, Energy concerns curb India’s semiconductor ambitions
Large semiconductor manufacturing projects, including the International Semiconductor Consortium and Vedanta-Foxconn factories, have also been pushed to set up in the Indian state of Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a major power base of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
China’s Population Conundrum: Less is no longer good
How Beijing responds to these challenges – or fails to – will go a long way to determining the future course of this economic giant, with far-reaching ramifications for the rest of the world.
Pakistan poised to emerge as Energy, Trade, Digital Hub
Pakistan offers access to hard infrastructure such as the Karachi, Gwadar, and Port Qasim seaports, as well as soft infrastructure, for example, an extensive free trade agreement with China which, over the next ten years, will provide for very low to zero tariffs for nearly all goods manufactured in Pakistan.
Pakistan and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The implementation of CPEC has repeatedly stumbled due to local ethnic and nationalist divides, as well as national elite disagreements, which have led to protests and sabotage, as well as a lack of trust of Chinese investors by Pakistani citizens…
European Parliament Resolution Against the Blasphemy Law
The European Parliament passed a resolution with a heavy majority on April 29, 2021, in which it is recommended to the European Commission and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) to review the benefits of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences-Plus (GSP+) status for Pakistani imports.
Pakistan and the business of geo-security-nomics
Historically, there has been a lack of willingness on the part of civilian-military leadership to agree on a common narrative and prioritize a multilateral over ideologically-driven foreign policy framework. So is the new narrative any different than a hodge-podge of military-led geo-political contestation and civilian-led geo-economic multilateralism?