Sanctions go, but Iran must wait for economic recovery
Iranian trade will be boosted by a lifting of nuclear-related sanctions but the country needs billions of dollars of investment, and meaningful economic gains are likely to take many months.…
Venezuela skirts US sanctions by funneling oil sales via Russia
President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to evade US sanctions designed to oust him from power, according…
Politics over economics
This is the second of a two-part series on Pakistani administration’s focus on domestic factors while ignoring external factors which have a much greater relevance in formulation of our domestic…
Politics and economics
This is the first of a two-part series focusing on the symbiotic relationship between politics and economics, with existing literature focusing more on domestic policies premised on globalization representative of…
2025: Economic challenges meeting political crossroads
2024 was a year of economic stabilization for Pakistan. Inflation plummeted, the exchange rate showed marginal improvement, and interest rates were nearly halved. However, employment creation and economic growth remained…
The science of sanctions
Last month, the US imposed sanctions on 26 firms based in Pakistan, Iran, and China. These blacklisted entities are alleged to be supporting weapons and drone development. These recent sanctions…
Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions
Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent US presidential election: A return to power of Donald Trump. Opinion polls…
Even-handed approach to sanctions?
What should not have happened has happened. Iran has moved the International Court of Arbitration in Paris against Pakistan for not completing its portion of the gas pipeline and failure…
The economics of conflict
Conflict has a vastly different impact on different economies based on how insulated it may be (either voluntarily or through sanctions) from the US-led Western financial system and the measures…
Geo-economics over geo-politics
The strategic shift from geo-politics to geo-economics is a welcome initiative. In a world where the relative importance of a nation is determined primarily by its economic strength, the focus…
