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DESPARDES Report: The oil and gas supply crisis unleashed by geopolitical conditions represents new business opportunities for the oil-producing countries of the developing South, both traditional and emerging, and also
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The invasion of Ukraine, and the rhetoric surrounding it, has revealed the scope of Vladimir Putin’s grand ambitions: He wishes to reconstitute as much of the old Russian/Soviet empire in
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IRSHAD SALIM – Imran Khan has successfully Oscar Tangoed the overall concept of Tosha Khana to the country’s top court, which has reportedly sought -in public interest, the 20+ year
TARIQ ALI: Over the Pakistani airwaves, sports commentators frequently groan that the national cricket team – which most people follow with religious fervor – is ‘once again in trouble’. The
Overall, construction output in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to remain below 2019 levels until 2023, says the “United Arab Emirates (UAE) Construction Market Size, Trends and Forecasts
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Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, 21-yr-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in her land-locked country that has faced decades of invasions, seen millions of
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“Yes, I feel the change has been abetted by USA, but even they must be surprised how easily they did it”, a highly placed source in Islamabad tells DesPardes. He
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“Just watch this, and you will know why what happened. History almost repeating itself,” an independent British observer/analyst of South Asian descent, tells DesPardes: ALSO READ:Snowden & Imran Khan –
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Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana in Scientific American: Last month, while most of the world focused on the war in Ukraine and worried that a beleaguered Russian leadership might
The UAE will require 2.5 trillion dirhams ($671.1 billion) in investments to transition to carbon neutrality (net zero), according to a report by Standard Chartered. While private investors can help
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Pipelinistan and geopolitics of energy security are South Asia’s (particularly India and Pakistan) major issues on the front burner -albeit of national security matter, and not peripheral options. Both neighbors
By Mushahid Hussain: The retrenchment of American power in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world, coupled with the war in Ukraine, has provided a geopolitical breather for China.