Spearhead Analysis – 22.08.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research The Diplomat counted a total of 140 articles in the Chinese press– all warning India of “unavoidable consequences” if it continues its role as an ‘aggressor’ in the Doklam dispute. Tensions amid the fractious standoff at the Bhutan-China-India triboundary point are escalating. …
Spearhead Analysis – 15.08.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research The entry of Pakistan and India in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) marks a new phase in the SCO’s development. The recent entries’ agreement to work together was met with varying levels of hopeful optimism. Several Chinese analysts argued this could be …
Spearhead Analysis – 31.07.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research During the course of the US presidential elections, bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan never made it as a top priority under Trump’s agenda. Trump built his campaign around calls for greater isolationism in foreign policy and a move to a transactional …
Spearhead Analysis – 31.07.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research During his campaigning days, US President Donald Trump promised the American public if he were made president he would have the United States pull out of the Paris Agreement—and so he delivered. On June 1, 2017 Trump announced the United States no …
Spearhead Analysis – 17.07.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research With both India and China refusing to back down, the stand-off at the tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China is nowhere near over. Instead, the skirmish seems to be heating up as China recently upped its fleet presence in the Indian Ocean. …
Spearhead Opinion – 17.07.2017 By Shirin Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Pakistan is faced with yet another diplomatic quandary—this time concerning Qatar. The standoff between Qatar and its neighbors began as a means to put pressure on the Qatari government to end its support for Hamas and other Islamist groups. As demands …
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 …