Date: 2021
Type: Other
The US-China rivalry in South Asia and Pakistan’s hedging dilemma
Policy Briefs, 2021/60, Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia Project, [Europe in the World]
BONI, Filippo, The US-China rivalry in South Asia and Pakistan’s hedging dilemma, Policy Briefs, 2021/60, Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia Project, [Europe in the World] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73436
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
China’s re-emergence as a great power, and the ensuing competition with the United States over the norms, rules and values underpinning the international order, has signalled the return of great power rivalry in global politics. Asia is at the very heart of these dynamics, as testified by the competing Belt and Road Initiative and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategies, with significant implications for Asian states that are learning how to navigate the US-China rivalry. Situating the analysis in the literature on hedging, this paper focuses on Pakistan’s «hedging dilemma», centred around the country’s bilateral relations with the US and China. Drawing on a range of archival material and interviews, the analysis shows that Pakistan’s hedging options are limited, as a result of two intertwined trends, namely the implementation of the Beijing-backed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the «flagship project» of the BRI, combined with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Washington’s recalibration towards competition with China.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73436
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/344793
ISBN: 9789294661173
ISSN: 2467-4540
Series/Number: Policy Briefs; 2021/60; Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia Project; [Europe in the World]
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): US-China rivalry Hedging Pakistan-China relations CPEC
Files associated with this item
- Name:
- QM-AX-21-060-EN-N.pdf
- Size:
- 349.9Kb
- Format:
- Description:
- Full-text in Open Access