CPEC
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Afghanistan
From Iran’s Border to China’s Frontier: Washington’s Expanding Architecture of Chaos
DID Press: For more than three years since the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s borderlands have been a theater of constant tension. Taliban border guards have clashed repeatedly with Iranian forces — often in reckless and undisciplined ways that ignored…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan on Verge of Joining CPEC
DID Press: As efforts to expand regional cooperation intensify, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has the potential to transform Afghanistan into one of the key hubs for transit and trade in the region. Zafar Iqbal, President of the China–Pakistan Joint Chamber…
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Afghanistan
CPEC to CPAEC: Aspiration to Actualisation
DIDPress: In an article for Express Tribune, Reza Muhammad argues that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Iran-Afghanistan-Central Asia-China corridor, and the proposed China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Economic Corridor (CPAEC) could complement one another, yielding multiplied benefits—including job creation, poverty reduction, women’s…
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Afghanistan
CPEC Phase-II and Reshaping of Geo-economics and Geopolitics in South Asia
Afghanistan’s hydro hegemony policy has irked its six neighbors which are heavily dependent on the country's water resources. The construction of Qosh Tepa Irrigation Canal, which will divert large volumes of water from the dwindling trans-boundary Amu Darya River will…
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