Pak-China Economic Corridor: Geo-
Strategic Importance of Pakistan
The geographical significance of a country plays a pivotal role in the world politics for that country. It marks that how critically beneficial or non-beneficial is the country to the other countries in social, economic and political respects. Pakistan is located at a very strategically important place on the globe. It is located at the juncture of energy proficient to energy deficient countries. On one side it connects with the Persian Gulf and on the other gives access of the warm water to land locked countries. The geo- strategic importance of Pakistan is also evident from the fact that it is surrounded by
world’s …show more content…
Pakistan can generate almost $500 million as a transit fee through its Torkham and Chaman borders against transit trade with the neighboring countries.1 Stephen Cohen describes the geo-strategic importance of
Pakistan in his book as,
1 Shanzeh Iqbal, “Geo Strategic Importance of Pakistan and Our Obligations”, The Pakistan Spectator: A Candid
Blog, May 19th, 2014 “While history has been unkind to Pakistan, its geography has been its greatest benefit.
It has resource rich area in the north-west, people rich in north-east.”
The world politics took a shift after the soviet disintegration which made the world unipolar, but the attacks on world trade center marked an austere shift. Pakistan served in the war against terrorism with US as its front row ally. US has its two basic goals to achieve in this region, First is security from the terror of Afghan Mujahidin and Iran going nuclear, secondly the economic security from the flourishing China which is grasping the world economy every day. US is setting its corporate lines with India to stop China creating its supremacy in the region. Realizing the geo-strategic …show more content…
The presence of the US forces poses a threat not only to the Chinese defense but also to their trade with the rest of the world. To overcome this pressure,
Chinese government is working hard to build the Gwader port to put an eye on the
US’s naval activities in the Persian Gulf and Indian’s in the Arabian Sea. The Strait of
Malacca has also its own significance as it is being controlled by the US authorities which make it strategically vulnerable to China for its trade. Being the 3rd largest country by area on the globe and 2nd in the Asia3, China does not have any hot water port which it can use for its trade throughout the year to multiply its economy. For this
China is looking very keenly to operationalize the Gwader port to full extent which will help in its trade and economy throughout the year.
2 Farooq Yousaf, “Is the New silky Road really an Economic Corridor for China and Pakistan?”, The Express Tribune,
October 26th, 2014
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area
Meanwhile India is also responding to the construction of the Gwader Port by
Strategic Importance of Pakistan
The geographical significance of a country plays a pivotal role in the world politics for that country. It marks that how critically beneficial or non-beneficial is the country to the other countries in social, economic and political respects. Pakistan is located at a very strategically important place on the globe. It is located at the juncture of energy proficient to energy deficient countries. On one side it connects with the Persian Gulf and on the other gives access of the warm water to land locked countries. The geo- strategic importance of Pakistan is also evident from the fact that it is surrounded by
world’s …show more content…
Pakistan can generate almost $500 million as a transit fee through its Torkham and Chaman borders against transit trade with the neighboring countries.1 Stephen Cohen describes the geo-strategic importance of
Pakistan in his book as,
1 Shanzeh Iqbal, “Geo Strategic Importance of Pakistan and Our Obligations”, The Pakistan Spectator: A Candid
Blog, May 19th, 2014 “While history has been unkind to Pakistan, its geography has been its greatest benefit.
It has resource rich area in the north-west, people rich in north-east.”
The world politics took a shift after the soviet disintegration which made the world unipolar, but the attacks on world trade center marked an austere shift. Pakistan served in the war against terrorism with US as its front row ally. US has its two basic goals to achieve in this region, First is security from the terror of Afghan Mujahidin and Iran going nuclear, secondly the economic security from the flourishing China which is grasping the world economy every day. US is setting its corporate lines with India to stop China creating its supremacy in the region. Realizing the geo-strategic …show more content…
The presence of the US forces poses a threat not only to the Chinese defense but also to their trade with the rest of the world. To overcome this pressure,
Chinese government is working hard to build the Gwader port to put an eye on the
US’s naval activities in the Persian Gulf and Indian’s in the Arabian Sea. The Strait of
Malacca has also its own significance as it is being controlled by the US authorities which make it strategically vulnerable to China for its trade. Being the 3rd largest country by area on the globe and 2nd in the Asia3, China does not have any hot water port which it can use for its trade throughout the year to multiply its economy. For this
China is looking very keenly to operationalize the Gwader port to full extent which will help in its trade and economy throughout the year.
2 Farooq Yousaf, “Is the New silky Road really an Economic Corridor for China and Pakistan?”, The Express Tribune,
October 26th, 2014
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area
Meanwhile India is also responding to the construction of the Gwader Port by