Tag: OBOR
The Chinese balloon
By Yasmeen Aftab Ali
No tangible guarantees were offered to Prime Minister Imran during his first visit to China to seek funds for his cash-strapped...
CPEC: Analyzing External Challenges
Spearhead Special Report – 23.01.2018
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
In May, more than 100 countries attended the inaugural “Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation”...
US, India and China’s OBOR Initiative
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...
Australia and China’s OBOR Initiative
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...
Re-enacting the Silk Road
Spearhead Analysis – 16.05.2017
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
“Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the...
Can India be persuaded to join ‘One Belt, One Road’?
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...
India’s East-West divide
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...
Opportunity and challenge
By Munir Akram
THE China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is part of the ‘One Road, One Belt’ vision expounded by President Xi Jinping to establish close land...