Chinese Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative

Author: Joel Wuthnow

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781978092525

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One of Chinese president Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy programs is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a web of infrastructure development plans designed to increase Eurasian economic integration. Chinese official rhetoric on the BRI focuses on its economic promise and progress, often in altruistic terms: all countries have been invited to board this "express train" to wealth and prosperity. Missing from the rhetoric is much discussion of the initiative's security dimensions and implications. Chinese officials avoid describing the strategic benefits they think the BRI could produce, while also gliding over major security risks and concerns. Yet at the unofficial level, China's security community has paid close attention to these issues, probing in great depth the gains Beijing can expect, the challenges it will face, and the new demands it will have to satisfy. Understanding those Chinese assessments is helpful as the United States considers how, when, and in what capacity to engage the BRI.

Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China
Revising U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China

Author: Robert D. Blackwill

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 0876096461

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Robert D. Blackwill and Ashley J. Tellis argue that the United States has responded inadequately to the rise of Chinese power. This Council Special Report recommends placing less strategic emphasis on the goal of integrating China into the international system and more on balancing China's rise.

Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Pakistan's Foreign Policy

Author: S. M. Burke

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13:

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Professor Burke's scholarly and lucid analysis of Pakistan's Foreign policy won instant acclaim when it was first published in 1973. Starting with the crucial early years after Pakistan gained independence, he covered events up to the Bhutto-Indira summit meeting in July 1972. The update byDr Ziring brings the reader up to the summer of 1989, and the elections that brought Benazir Bhutto to power.

The China-Pakistan Axis
The China-Pakistan Axis

Author: Andrew Small

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 019007681X

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"The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hidden from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA."--Amazon.com.

Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Pakistan's Foreign Policy

Author: Ghulam Ali

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-07-08

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1000604659

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This book analyses Pakistan’s foreign policy and external relations with a focus on contemporary developments, including the impact of the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the powerful military, and the "middle power" status. Structured in two parts – Foundation and Operationalization – the book provides a broad overview of Pakistan’s foreign policy and addresses specific foreign policy choices. Contributor's explore issues such as Pakistan’s middle power status from a theoretical perspective, Imran Khan's foreign policy, Pakistan's relations with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the EU, and Pakistan's evolving Indian Ocean strategy. Based on in-depth interviews with Pakistani scholars, politicians, and diplomats, the book offers a timely perspective on Pakistan’s foreign policy. The book will be of interest to academics working on Pakistan, South Asian Politics, Security and Conflict Studies, International Relations and Foreign Policy, and Asian Studies.

China and the U.S.
China and the U.S.

Author: Thomas Gong Lum

Publisher:

Published: 2009-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781606929957

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This book compares the People's Republic of China's (PRC) and U.S. projections of global influence, with an emphasis on non-coercive means or "soft power," and suggests ways to think about U.S. foreign policy options in light of China's emergence. The global public images of the two countries are compared in this book and PRC and U.S. uses of soft power tools are described, such as public diplomacy, state diplomacy, and foreign assistance. Other forms of soft power such as military diplomacy, global trade and investment, and sovereign wealth funds are also examined. Furthermore, this book analyses PRC and U.S. diplomatic and economic activities in five developing regions -- Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

China-Pakistan Relations
China-Pakistan Relations

Author: Ghulam Ali (Professor)

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199402496

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This book examines the nature of the China-Pakistan relationship from the 1950s until April 2015, when the Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Pakistan. The author takes a historical approach and traces the growth of the alliance underpinned by domestic, regional, and international factors. The book offers a riveting account of Sino-Pakistan ties for readers with a cursory knowledge of the subject. It will also pique the interest of students, academics, and policy makers.