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Reconnecting Central Asia

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RECONNECTING CENTRAL ASIA Facebook   VK   Blogger   LiveJournal   Twitter   Google+   Email   Print   Share GEOPOLITICS 21.02.2017 Central Asia Sabena Siddiqi The Central Asian Republics have been historically connected to the world through the ancient Silk Road, situated at the crossroads of East Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Europe, their location is excellent for trade. The CARs states are literally a goldmine of energy reserves with Kazakhstan having 30 billion barrels of oil reserves while Turkmenistan’s natural gas is estimated at 265 trillion cubic feet, this wealth makes the region central in the battle for resources between world powers and portend to play an important role in determining global supremacy. The Central Asian Republics happen to be the nearest and most dependable source of energy supply via fastest trade routes for China’s burgeoning economic growth. Three of the Central Asian states have common borders with the C
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The Russia-Pakistan Equation

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THE RUSSIA PAKISTAN EQUATION Facebook   VK   Blogger   LiveJournal   Twitter   Google+   Email   Print   Share MULTIPOLARITY ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION 06.01.2017 Pakistan Russia Sabena Siddiqi A remarkable geopolitical shift has taken place in this part of the world as the traditional pattern of friends and adversaries is broken. India and Pakistan have been in opposite camps since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. India and Russia have been all-time strategic partners while Pakistan was more mindful of American interests and was a Cold War ally of the United States. China and Pakistan had an all-weather friendship since 1950 but it is only recently that this partnership made major ripples such as the China Pakistan Economic Corridor project. The current emerging bloc of China, Pakistan and Russia has taken the world by surprise, some recent developments in 2016 caused this realignment.  The first factor has been a huge impro
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