Javed Miandad was born on this day, 1957. We are unlikely to see another of his kind. Miandad scored 8,832 runs for Pakistan, at 52.57. Throughout that career his Test batting average never dropped below fifty. +

Delighted to announce the publication of my new Springer Nature Gulf Studies 16 edited book with Neil Quilliam "Saudi Youth: Policies and Processes" Many thanks to our chapter contributors and everyone at Springer Nature for making this happen: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

BYD unveiling a vehicle with ASTONISHING 2000 km range for the price of ... drum roll ... 100,000 yuan ($13,800). This, ladies and gentleman, is true 21st century Fordism!

Paparo is a brilliant, learned man, who’s striking the right tone at the world stage

What a stunning chart!

Surely, in the BRI 2.0 era, China's much more likely to provide rescue lending through SAFE and Central Bank deposits than infrastructure loans -- this is one of the many stunning charts in AidData's November 2023 publication, Belt & Road Reboot. aiddata.org/publications/b…

Proud mentee moment!! Dr. Irbaz Riaz MD,MS,MBI,PhD, takes the stage at #ASCO24 to unveil artificial intelligence advancements in prostate cancer care. Alan H Bryce Parminder singh Syed A Hussain 🚀🧠🩺 #ProstateCancer #AI

China emerges as one of biggest bilateral lenders to Philippines on.ft.com/3VcVU9g

Designed to imitate the heavens, Islamic gardens are lush oases of scent, water and sacred geometry. They are a cool place of rest and a reminder of paradise. Here are 20 beautiful Islamic gardens from across the world… A thread…

Very excited to share my first academic article, written with Nick Jepson, on Chinese #StateCapital as a Partner for Resource-Based #StructuralTransformation? #BRI and Downstream Linkages in Bolivia and #Kazakhstan. It's open access! Digisilk link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Pakistan is in one of the deadliest debt traps in the world. Our govts have accumulated too much debt & wasted it on unproductive spending like consumption. Remaining current on past debt is forcing us to default on our development & climate needs. A 🧵, not for the faint-hearted

Did you know the first person to make a flying machine was a Muslim scientist & inventor? A thousand years before the invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers, Abbas Ibn Firnas, made the first attempt at flying. A thread…

[THREAD] As James Anderson is about to end his international career I wanted to write this thread. It’s about this inswinger to Marlon Samuels that trapped Marlon plumb in front in the Bridgetown test in 2015. It’s one of my favorite spells of fast bowling in Test cricket . 1/

If you teach, you need to read this book. Period!

New WB/IMF Debt for Development Swap Framework is out, alongside longer WB technical note. Short🧵

JOB ALERT: LSE Intl Relations is looking to hire an Assistant Professor specialising in China in International Relations. Closing date: 9th Sep 2024. Apply below and please share widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/57…

Pride of Pakistan. 🇵🇰