India has claimed to have lost its leverage and influence in Taliban-run Afghanistan. India will have to rely on other countries in the region to give positive influence to the new regime in Kabul. India hosted a regional security conference in Afghanistan recently, where the Taliban rule has caused issues with India’s national interests. The Taliban rule also sparks fear… Read more »
https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-central-south-asia-trade/31371926.html Central Asia has long been the crossroad for trade in Eurasia. Trade routes through Afghanistan that would connect Central Asia to Pakistan and Indian ports on the Arabian Sea are important and need not be forgotten. The major factor is Afghanistan’s instability at the moment with new Taliban Leadership. The trade routes through Afghanistan are not safe and wanted… Read more »
Link To Article: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-israel-morocco-rabat-d8d0b925991fe9f544773a7be555ab3a Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz traveled to Morocco this past week following a landmark agreement signed on Wednesday that lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing and future arms sales. The meeting between Israel and Morocco was set forth to establish formal relations from last year that were a part of the US Brokered Abraham… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59353194 President Joe Biden is working on lobbying countries to lower their crude oil prices as gasoline prices surge in the US. Other large economies such as Japan and India, are looking to do the same as the US. However a timing of when the national crude oil reserves would be released is still unclear, as organizations… Read more »
link to article: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-pm-warns-against-iran-nuclear-blackmail/articleshow/87985089.cms Nafatali Bennett, the prime minister of Israel stated that Iran was looking to re-enter talks to gain sanction relief in order to resume its nuclear program for nearly nothing in return. Bennett says that Iran should not be rewarded for such a “murderous regime” while refering to it as nuclear blackmail when trying to convince their… Read more »
link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/23/pakistan-pledges-28-million-in-afghanistan-humanitarian-support Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan announced for the first time in the beginning of November, that they are providing Afghanistan with more than 28 million dollars worth of medical, food and other humanitarian assistance. Kahn ordered an immediate shipment of roughly 5 billion pakistani rupees, which is equivalent to about 28.4 million dollars, of… Read more »
link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/23/japanese-indian-officials-working-on-release-of-oil-reserves Officials in Japan and India are currently working on a way to release crude oil reserves together with the US and other larger countries. Announcements could be made about the plan starting Tuesday November 30, 2021, although no official date has been announced. Joe Biden has asked countries such as China, India, South Korea and Japan… Read more »