America Thinks Pakistan Should Do More
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd) assesses US aims in Afghanistan, CPEC and Pakistan’s nukes, and argues Pakistan’s interest now lies in a US defeat in Afghanistan.
December 10, 2017
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd) assesses US aims in Afghanistan, CPEC and Pakistan’s nukes, and argues Pakistan’s interest now lies in a US defeat in Afghanistan.
A 2017 assessment that a US exit from Afghanistan opens the way for Russian intervention, driven by the IS-K threat in the north and Moscow’s geopolitics.
Andrew Korybko argues Trump’s 2017 Afghan strategy is a hybrid war on CPEC: US strikes in Pakistan, then sanctions to scare investors off the corridor.
Relations between China and India have been souring over the past year since New Delhi agreed to an unprecedented military-strategic partnership last summer with Washington through LEMOA. The US long planned to use India as its “Lead from Behind” proxy in countering China, hoping to set the two Asian Great Powers against one in the ultimate divide-and-rule strategy of the 21st century.
General Sharif had barely landed when Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dashed the Pakistani’s hopes to include Iran in the alliance that nominally was created to fight terrorism rather than confront Iran.
The statement of Mr. Ahsan Iqbal clearly expresses that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is pivotal for both Pakistan and China. It is a $ 46 billion project, which will connect Chinese province of Xinjiang with Pakistani port of Gwadar through the land route.
CommandEleven’s briefing paper on the terrorism threat to CPEC — mapping BLA, TTP, and other groups targeting Chinese infrastructure and workers across Pakistan.
The 21st century’s Great Game is about the creation of a new Eurasia-centered world. It locks China, Russia, India, Japan, and Europe into what is an epic battle.
Every argument gravitates to first establishing the credentials of the opponent and after having reduced one to one or the other categories, we go to town on him/her on a personal note, forgetting what the argument was about.
The Central Asian Republics have been historically connected to the world through the ancient Silk Road, situated at the crossroads of East Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Europe, their location is excellent for trade.