Asia Infrastructure
Tosyali dethrones Eregli to become largest Turkish steelmaker
Company owner Fuat Tosyali became a favourite businessman of president Erdogan. Projects he’s involved in include making Turkey’s “native and national” Altay battle tank.
Syria receives IMF visit for first time since 2009
Conflict-torn country faces “enormous challenges”, says mission. Majority of GDP wiped out. Restoring power infrastructure alone could cost at least $40bn.
Xi signs treaty to elevate China's ties with Central Asia at Astana summit
Document refers to "permanent good-neighbourliness and friendly cooperation". Chinese leader takes jab at US, saying trade and tariff wars "produce no winners".
Airlines scrap week’s worth of Turkey flights to Iran, Iraq and Jordan as Israel keeps up its bombing of Iranians
To avoid danger zone, aircraft diverted to airports in locations including Istanbul, Baku and Cyprus.
Nissan's Oppama Plant in Japan faces uncertain future as restructuring efforts take toll
Opened in 1961 on a former Japanese naval airfield, the facility was key in transitioning Yokosuka's economy from military to civilian, in the process manufacturing iconic models like the Bluebird.
COMMENT: How Nepal and Bhutan navigate the India-China rivalry
While New Delhi flexes its military posture to signal resolve both to Beijing and Islamabad, neighbouring microstates like Nepal and Bhutan find themselves compelled to recalibrate their security interests and economic alignments.
Indonesia's energy future: The structural hurdles to achieving independence
As Indonesia accelerates its march toward energy independence, President Prabowo Subianto's administration has made ambitious declarations: achieving full energy sovereignty within five years
Kazakhstan joins Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan in warning Taliban canal could hit water security
Knock-on effects could leave country facing crisis, Astana conference hears.
Indonesia’s data centre industry: huge market, limited infrastructure
Under President Prabowo’s administration, the government has pledged support for the development of the data centre sector to accelerate digital transformation and drive a technology-based economy.
Looking at ramifications of China’s shifting energy usage patterns on Central Asia
Renewables are up, fossil fuels down.
COMMENT: Embracing “Greater Central Asia” has become a strategic imperative for US
Wider region increasingly seen as arena in which major powers’ interests, such as in sourcing critical minerals, collide and converge.
China spikes Gazprom gas export plan in Central Asia
Russian energy company keeps gushing red ink.
Taliban seek $100mn from World Bank to restart work on CASA-1000 electricity transmission project
Ambition to interconnect Central Asian and South Asian power grids held up by incomplete work in Afghanistan.