Pakistan ends the year 2022 and hurtles into 2023 with an economy that is arguably facing its worst crisis since its birth, yielding no sign, internal or external, of an early improvement. The year saw its exports falling, its imports...
China’s foray into the developing world has always been associated with its tactics like debt trap, shifting of hazardous industries, unfair trade and dumping. Equally important to note are China’s lending practices, which give it the enhanced ability to interfere...
China which has an increased economic and political presence in Africa, appears to be in a mood to scale back lending in Africa. The move has shocked the African countries which felt that they have been trapped by the possible...
The Biden Administration plans to introduce new, ultra-strict restrictions severely limiting China’s chip production and supercomputing. These measures will affect China’s chip production and advanced computing, which are critical to China’s military development. Supercomputing is necessary for developing nuclear weapons, encryption...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – “One Belt One Road” project is in deep trouble after big losses. The Wall Street Journal reported that after the first version of the “Belt and Road” was blocked, Beijing is working on...
Europe risks returning to a recession storm for the fourth time in less than 15 years. After the crisis of 2007-2008, the long phase of instability following the 2010-2011 sovereign debt crisis, alleviated only by the 2015 launch of quantative...
Just days before the two-year anniversary of the 4 August 2020 Beirut Port explosion, a part of the burnt-out hulk of the nation’s grain silos destroyed in the blast, collapsed. For weeks, a fire had been smouldering in the silos...
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, it is becoming clear that a lot more is at stake than just the future of Ukraine. Big shifts in global order are set to follow because Russian bad behavior is triggering a...
China is fast losing its patience over Pakistan’s lackadaisical attitude to finish projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which was ‘officially’ launched in 2015. According to the recent CPEC Authority report, Pakistan could complete only three CPEC projects...
Sars-CoV-2 appeared for the first time in Wuhan located in Hubei province of China. Gradually the world witnessed rapid spread of virus to many countries engendering the death of millions . Vaccines were developed and several quarantine measures adopted to...