Pakistan announced plans earlier this week to meet the growing energy needs of the nation’s growing population through exploitation of its own natural resources. Water and power ministry officials revealed plans to work with Chinese companies and their partners in order to build up to a dozen coal fired power plants over the course of the next 15 years. The coal plants are just one part of a larger plan according to the former federal secretary for water and power Mohammed Younus Dagha.
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The surprise visit may have been intended to shore up various aspects of the Saudi-Pakistani defense relationship, perhaps including their suspected arrangement regarding access to nuclear weapons. On August 28, Saudi deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman (aka MbS) made an unexpected three-hour stopover in Islamabad on his way to China and Japan. The Asia… Keep reading →
As part of its renewed effort to export the Islamic Revolution through armed proxies, Tehran has been recruiting and training Afghan and Pakistani fighters for Syria’s battlefields, thereby giving them invaluable experience for potential future campaigns in other regional countries. Iran has a long history of building up militant ethnic groups across the Middle East… Keep reading →
Nuclear Kingdom: Saudi Arabia’s Atomic Ambitions
By Olli Heinonen and Simon Henderson
Although Iran’s nuclear potential will likely dominate talks between President Obama and King Abdullah on March 29, Riyadh’s own nuclear plans should also be part of the discussion. A major probable consequence of Iran achieving a nuclear weapons capability is that Saudi Arabia will seek to match it. With President Obama currently rating the chances… Keep reading →
