Navigating US-China Competition: Options for Pakistan

The United States and China have traditionally been two of Pakistan's most important partners. Beijing has been a frequent source of economic and military support, while Washington has served as an ally. In more recent years, however, a series of factors, including growing US-India relations and US-Pakistan tensions flowing from the war in Afghanistan, have convinced many observers that Islamabad is moving closer to Beijing and further from Washington. But in recent months, Islamabad has publicly signaled a desire to maintain healthy ties with both Beijing and Washington.

How is Pakistan navigating its relations with Washington and Beijing today? What is its policy approach to US-China rivalry? And how does intensifying great power competition impact Pakistan’s interests? In this event, Baqir Sajjad, the Wilson Center's Pakistan Fellow, will address these questions and more. He will discuss his findings from the research project that he has carried out while at the Wilson Center, which focuses on Pakistan's policy options for navigating US-China competition.

[bharathfsf]

The US-China rivalry isn't like any other rivalry. It's not a military rivalry. China USA used to have a symbiotic relationship in general where China manufactures the goods for America and China also buys American debt by purchasing the American bonds. The rivalry escalated during the pandemic when China started giving benefits and preferential treatment to its own industries over all the industries established. America and the world in general have realised why they shouldn't rely on one nation for manufacturing during pandemic. What has happened after is the America and Europe's efforts to spread out and not to rely on one nation.

[atanumandal]

After Afghan exit by US, *Pakistan has been abandoned after serving the US loyally like a dog!* Unfortunately it has been kicked out on the street by its original owner US as it got close to China for a few crumbs.
*China* is not ready to adopt it like US did. It *treats Pakistan like a stray dog* and gives it some crumbs when it visits it's doorstep.
Now Pakistan - out on the streets getting licked by India - longs to go back to it's original owner for protection and better treatment...

*South Asia has now become defunct!*
It is now known as the Indian Sub-continent which is part of the larger Indo-Pacific region.
*Pakistan is now part of the AfPak region!*
Though it is not fair to malign Afghanistan by linking it to Pakistan...
The strategic die is cast for Pakistan....
It is allied with China (against US) while US is allied with India (against China).
On its own Pakistan is a bit player in terms of its economy, technology and everything else that matters globally.
*There is no future for US-Pak cooperation in the medium-to-long term!*

[bharathfsf]

Pakistan has nothing to do with US-China rivalry and the little benefits it gets from US and China, I don't think they even bother Pakistan to choose sides. Still America lets Pakistan to have trade surplus with them and China invests in Pakistan in the form of CPEC though I believe it's only beneficial to China, not to Pakistan. In general, no nation can stop engaging with America or China. Simply, not possible to choose sides for any nation.

[muhammadaftab]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 from the River to the Sea!