The Central Asian Pipeline·Oct 21Turkmenistan's TAPI pipeline restarts while china soaks up its gasAshgabat wants a southern exit to India, but the 1,814 km line through Afghanistan has been "nearly complete" for years and carries no gas.
Rimland Dispatch·Aug 23China's malacca dilemma deepens as hormuz shadow fleet tests maritime orderWith Hormuz transit down to a fraction of normal levels and war-risk insurance at roughly 40 times pre-crisis pricing, Beijing's 80%…
Yogesh Upadhyaya·Apr 18China’s Energy policy: A story in 13 imagesAuthors: Yogesh Upadhyaya and Manish Agarwal
Sevilay Keles·Apr 12Arctic Governance: Geopolitics, Sovereignty and Energy CompetitionWhen China first published its Arctic Policy White Paper back in 2018, I was deep into writing my university thesis on the Belt and Road…
Sevilay Keles·Apr 9Northern Sea Route: China–Russia Arctic Shipping CorridorLooking at the latest maritime logs in this year of 2026, I am struck by a single figure. The most strategic number in global maritime…
Sevilay Keles·Apr 1Myanmar Energy Corridor: Kyaukpyu Pipeline and Yunnan Access StrategyStarting from the Kyaukpyu port on the coast of the Bay of Bengal and crossing Myanmar all the way to China’s Yunnan province, these “twin…
Sevilay Keles·Mar 30Transit State Diplomacy: Central Asia and Pipeline Power PoliticsI remember sitting in a seminar room during my grad school days, pulling up the GDP figures for Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and comparing…
Sevilay Keles·Mar 30CPEC Energy Corridor: Gwadar Port and Strategic Energy Access to the Arabian SeaI often find myself reflecting on the early drafts of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) proposals. Back then, Gwadar was heralded…
Sevilay Keles·Mar 25Central Asia Gas Network: Turkmenistan–China Pipelines and Line D ExpansionWhen I was writing my thesis on China’s energy security, I spent an unhealthy amount of time staring at topographical maps of Central Asia…
Sevilay Keles·Mar 24Power of Siberia 2: China–Russia Gas Pipeline and Mongolia CorridorI remember pouring over the early drafts of the Russia-China energy agreements when I was writing my master’s thesis. Back then, a lot of…
