by Afshin Molavi | Apr 2, 2020 | Belt and Road Initiative, NewPost, Southeast Asia
Nikkei Asian Review has a good piece on the fate of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Some excerpts from the piece below: Some think a weakened China will have little choice but to step back and reassess its foreign...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 1, 2020 | Caravanserai, NewPost, Poetry
Overheard in the caravanserai: a merchant, reflecting on the fleeting nature of life, reciting from Edward Fitzgerald’s version of the Rubaiyat of the great hakim Abu’l Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam, otherwise known as Omar Khayyam. “Oh, come with old...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 1, 2020 | Aviation, NewPost, Original Articles, South Korea
Global airlines continue to stare down the abyss as the novel coronavirus pandemic has crushed bottom lines amid a historic slowdown in air travel. Airlines across the world are clamoring for government support. Korean Airlines is trying a different tactic, opting to...
