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Topic: CPEC

China’s investment in Pakistan is not just a ‘game changer’ but a ‘fate changer’

Muhammad Daim Fazil - March 14, 2018

As long as it receives benefits through association, Pakistan doesn't care if China is using it as a transit route in the CPEC.

Pukhtuns marched because of a long list of broken promises by politicians in Pakistan

Reham Khan - March 1, 2018

The long Pukhtun march was preceded by years of systematic neglect & abuse. The promises made during the elections in 2013 have been forgotten.

With Sri Lanka and Maldives under Chinese influence, India is fast losing its leverage

Kamlendra Kanwar - February 15, 2018

The local election results in Sri Lanka show Sirisena’s diminishing stock. But Rajapaksa or Sirisena, China will continue to have its way in the indebted island nation.

Images of Pakistan’s Gwadar port do not match all the hype around it

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - December 27, 2017

No signature of a Djibouti style base but signs of expansion plans; road, access still limited.

How to study the possibility of water wars between China and India

Ruhee Neog - December 8, 2017

Fears of China potentially ‘weaponising’ its rivers call for a scientific-security analysis, something sorely lacking in Indian policy circles.

Chinese mining & power projects in Pakistan’s Rann of Kutch likely security threat for India

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - November 29, 2017

Tharparkar coal mining and power projects are barely 10 km from Indian border, have potential to cause environmental damage.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor work moving at fast pace

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - November 1, 2017

Satellite images reveal CPEC road passes through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, China promised $62 billion investment in the project.

China-Pak Economic Corridor is not pothole-free

Rahimullah Yusufzai - October 3, 2017

Pakistan’s Army is raising a new division to provide security to Chinese-funded projects and workers, and Mandarin classrooms are on the rise.

After CPEC tilted priorities, China is now happy with a second-tier role in Afghanistan

ThePrint Team - August 23, 2017

China’s anxiety about a precipitate withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is even greater than its unhappiness about the prospect of long-term US bases.

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US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

Shishir Priyadarshi - August 7, 2025

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.