Economic Relations

The Paper examines Chinese transport projects in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in general and Gilgit-Baltistan in particular and their impact on local and regional economy and security. China and Pakistan are in the process of expanding the Karakoram Corridor in Gilgit-Baltistan which primarily serves the political and strategic interests of both countries with negligible benefits to the local people.

• Senge H. Sering
• 2012
• IDSA Occasional Papers

• Rumel Dahiya
• 2014
• Book

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit underlines the fact that India and Bangladesh are successfully leveraging their geographical location to advance mutually beneficial economic ties.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik
• October 14, 2022
• Issue Brief

Beijing’s pushback against the Washington-backed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is likely to result in an intense regional geo-economic competition.

• Mayuri Banerjee
• June 15, 2022
• IDSA Comments

India and Australia need to take a leadership role in maritime security affairs in the two oceans and have deeper engagements with the Pacific and Indian Ocean island countries.

• R.P. Singh
• April 26, 2022
• IDSA Comments

In the beginning of the second week of February 2019, Ladakh became the third division within Jammu and Kashmir to be demarcated as a separate administrative and revenue division, with Jammu division and Kashmir being the other two.

• Ramnath Reghunadhan
• March 2019
• Strategic Analysis

India needs to use economic leverages more efficiently to build closer ties with Central Asia.

• P. Stobdan
• September 17, 2018
• Policy Brief

Several international players are competing to finance projects in African countries, and New Delhi will be at a disadvantage if it does not proactively engage in strengthening development partnerships. As an emerging power that is actively pushing South-South Cooperation (SSC), India has to convince its partners the advantage of Indian development assistance, which adheres to principles of horizontal cooperation and mutual benefit.

• Chithra Purushothaman
• July-December 2018
• Africa Trends

China’s launch of a yuan-denominated oil futures exchange will provide it with the opportunity to create an Asian crude oil benchmark and give it more clout in crude pricing and for promoting the yuan as a truly global currency.

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal
• February 22, 2018
• IDSA Comments

BIMSTEC needs to build on regional synergies and work towards utilising the available resources optimally by focusing on fewer priority areas and undertaking projects that are economically feasible.

• Sampa Kundu
• June 20, 2017
• IDSA Comments