New Silk Road Initiative and Pak-China Relations
<p class="first" id="d178250e69">[For last couple of decades, voices have been heard for a revival of the ancient Silk Road with an aim of enhanced overland commercial activity. During last few years, the New Silk Road Initiative (NSRI) has extensive...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Policy Perspectives |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.2307/42909301 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d178250e69">[For last couple of decades, voices have been heard for a revival of the ancient Silk
Road with an aim of enhanced overland commercial activity. During last few years,
the New Silk Road Initiative (NSRI) has extensively been promoted by the US, and its
allies. A closer look at NSRI and programs related to it so far makes one believe
that what the proponents of NSRI have in their designs will be a network of roads,
railways and pipelines -connecting primarily the South and Central Asia. Studying
the projects initiated and planned under the NSRI, it becomes clear that majority
of them are clearly aimed at enhancing the access of India to CARs, and vice versa.
Seen from purely an economic and commercial point of view, NSRI seems to be an excellent
initiative that can usher the region into a new era of unprecedented economic, trade
and energy cooperation. But peculiar geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic
significance of the regions of South and Central Asia, and over all objectives of
extra regional players and their regional allies, cannot be ignored. The need is to
study NSRI in the context of broader US strategy for the region. While regional initiatives
should be strengthened, Pakistan and China also need to fortify and enhance their
linkages such as improving KKH, building railway and exploring the pipelines that
connect the two countries more strongly.]
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| ISSN: | 1812-1829 1812-7347 |