OPINIONS
Quetta’s Wound: A Nation Mourns and Stands Firm
Qaiser Nawab, Chairman BRISD Sunday morning began like most mornings in Quetta — with people moving through the city, attending
Turning a Drainage Ditch into a $70,000 Cash Cow: How a Village on Beijing’s Outskirts Reinvented Itself
By Qaiser Nawab, Chairman BRISD In a village 91 kilometers from downtown Beijing, a once-forgotten hamlet surrounded by over 30,000
China’s Oil Resilience in a Volatile Market: How It Was Achieved and What It Means for Others
By Qaiser Nawab, Chairman BRISD Global oil prices rose sharply in early 2026, with Brent crude exceeding $100 per barrel
The Strait of Hormuz: A Precarious Test for US Power Projection
By Qaiser Nawab, Chairman BRISD The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has reached a stage where the outcome increasingly
China’s trade machine shifts up a gear
By Qaiser Nawab, Chairman BRISD China’s foreign trade has begun the year with unusual vigour. In the first two months
Experts: China to continue anchoring global economic growth
By Qaiser Nawab “For the foreseeable future, China will continue to be the growth engine of the world,” Erik Solheim,
THE INVISIBLE SEIZURE: HOW TECHNOLOGICAL HEGEMONY IMPERILS GLOBAL CRYPTO FRONTIER
By Qaiser Nawab Global market valuation of virtual currencies has surged to an unprecedented $2.73 trillion. To put this into
The Beijing Blueprint: Navigating the ‘New Era’ at the Two Sessions
By Qaiser Nawab China is bracing for its most significant annual ritual. The ‘Two Sessions’—or Lianghui—comprising the National People’s Congress
A Pragmatic Pivot: Merz in Beijing and the Future of Eurasia
By Qaiser Nawab The air in Beijing still carries the sharp, lingering scent of Lunar New Year firecrackers, but the
Navigating China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
By Qaiser Nawab As the global economic landscape undergoes a profound transformation, 2026 stands as a definitive milestone. With the
