India caged by China’s belts and roads

Joe Biden’s decision to consider lifting sanctions on terrorist-operated Iran has lofted plenty of eyebrows. 

The Iran nuclear deal never made much sense, amounting to the United States paying Iran billions to ‘pretty please’ not make nuclear weapons to attack regional neighbours that it fantasises about erasing from the face of the Earth. 

When you realise that this is about doing China a favour, not Iran, things start to make sense. 

The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline was a casualty of US sanctions on Iran. While these remain active, Pakistan is unable to complete this vital piece of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The oddly named ‘Peace Pipeline’ stops…