Towards an alternative regional bloc in South Asia Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
China’s attempts to make inroads into South Asia continue.
The latest one is the establishment of the China–South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Centre in Chongqing City on Thursday.
Of the eight members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which is almost in a coma, five have joined the Beijing-led initiative.
India, Bhutan and the Maldives are conspicuous by their absence.
Diplomats and security experts say that the initiative launched by Beijing, which is a minus India alliance created when the SAARC process is stalled, is to counter India and aims to build China’s inroads into the region and that it carries a significant underlying geostrategic meaning.
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China has intensified its economic engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of Chinese inroads is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders, notably in the education, media, and energy sectors.
China has intensified its economic engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of Chinese inroads is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders, notably in the education, media, and energy sectors.
Scholar highlights Afghanistan’s role as future energy corridor
Peshawar
May 3, 2021
PESHAWAR: Aamir Khan Afridi, a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar has successfully defended his thesis and was declared eligible for the award of a doctorate degree.
Online public defense of his PhD dissertation was held the other day. Aamir Khan did his thesis on: “An analysis of Post 9/11 political-economic influences of India and Pakistan on Afghanistan (2001-2018)”.
His supervisor was Dr Minhas Majeed Khan of the Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar.
Dr Tasawwar Baig, Associate Dean, Director, International office of the Karakoram International University, and Dr Zahid Anwar, Director China Study Centre, University of Peshawar, served as his external examiners.