Spearhead Analysis – 06.06.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 18th annual India-Russia summit in St Petersburg on Thursday where leaders of both countries unveiled the ‘joint vision document’ outlining the agenda for economic cooperation between the two nations for the coming decades. PM …
Spearhead Analysis – 29.05.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research During the recently concluded Belt and Road forum, President Xi announced an additional $125bn investment into the One Belt One Road initiative. At the beginning of this year, ratings agency Fitch revealed an astounding $900 billion in OBOR projects, underway or …
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who spent part of the last week in China and seeks to spend the coming days in Saudi Arabia, is following in the footsteps of many other leaders. Apparently tired of staying at home to solve some of the most pressing internal challenges, Sharif appears …
Spearhead Analysis – 15.05.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Despite mounting pressure from member countries, India has refused to join China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) Initiative—which has more than 60 countries interested and is expected to reshape regional economic and trade relations drastically. India has so far protested over …
Spearhead Analysis – 15.05.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research President Trump has launched an all-out assault on Obama’s climate change policies. While the Obama administration worked closely with China to cultivate a global movement to tackle climate change, the new government is committed to abandon all multilateral diplomacy efforts, and …
Spearhead Analysis – 15.05.2017 By Hira A. Shafi Research Analyst, Spearhead Research The first Trump-Xi meeting suggests that the core mutual areas of Sino-US ties would not be tampered with, anytime soon. But alongside, each party would also continue expanding their -often incongruent-geopolitical interests. It is not solely a matter of China’s expedited …
Spearhead Analysis – 03.05.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research In the run-up to the state elections last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Water that belongs to India cannot be allowed to go to Pakistan”—although perhaps this may have been nothing more than an electioneering tactic used to garner …
By Ronald Neumann, David Petraeus, Earl Anthony Wayne Good strategies are essential for the priority national-security challenges America faces, whether it is Syria, ISIS, Russia, China, North Korea or Afghanistan. President Trump has sent National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster to Afghanistan as part of a U.S. strategy in that …
Spearhead Analysis – 17.04.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research China has relentlessly used economic pacts to serve its strategic objectives. While benefitting from the economic advantages of Chinese pacts, states have also been fearful of China’s potential demographic and cultural clout. These economic pacts have brought foreign investment on the …
Spearhead Analysis – 11.04.2017 By Farrukh Karamat Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research The winds of change appear to be upon us. The world is experiencing a transformational shift with rapid changes in allegiances and alliances. China is emerging as a dominant player not just regionally, but in a global context. The influence of …