Relationship Between China And South Asia

At the start of the new millennium, China became rapidly known as the fastest growing economy sparking the greatest shift of relative power in history. Coincidence, or not, Afghanistan’s narrow border with China made it a perfect strategic target to presume military presence within the Asian region. Arguably, the invasion of Afghanistan lays largely on a tactical plan designed by the US to resist

Since 1960, Pakistan was perceived in the U. s. States as an integral bulwark against the globalized Communism in the Cool War. The U. s. States very carefully strengthened Pakistan during 1971 although The legislature kept in place an hands embargo. In 1970, Indian local

The ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan has been the subject of speculation and study by political scientists and historians for a number of years. The ethnic conflict seems to have been sparked at the very beginning in 1947, when the British used Muslim and Hindu mercenaries against each other before the area finally split into today’s countries of India and Pakistan (Spiegel et al. 2015, 185). The timeline since then has been full of conflicts, both major and minor. Brutal tactics used by security forces and a high rate of unemployment have added to the issue (BBC News 2016).

The Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan are affiliated with Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, which is a sworn enemy of America since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Therefore, defeating the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan became a top priority for the United States, because the Taliban insurgents group allowed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda to run terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. The United States government called on Pakistan the closest neighbor of Afghanistan to ally with America against the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. The government of Pakistan became the U.S. ally in this war, but at the same time, supported the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. This paper argues that there are two

Globalization provides Pakistan with an opportunity to unleash its true potential. Its untapped natural and young human resource and its strategic location between energy sources and consumer nations of a populous of 3 billion, makes Pakistan an important player in geo-economic arena in South Asia, a recent example being the development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which will be a game changer in near

The newly gained economic and military strength in their respective regions is substantial enough to sway the North’s thought process, when constructing an effective foreign policy strategy. As China’s influence grows, the United States is fraught to come up with an effective counter response without debilitating economic repercussion from the Chinese government. Many analysts believe that an alliance between Washington and Beijing is the only sensible option, however, Indonesia’s emergence as a key actor on the South China Sea issue, shows that so-called “middle powers”, like Mexico or Australia, that aren’t permanent members of the United Nations Security Council or global giants like Japan, India and Germany, can play a vast role in outlining the proper response. Through proactive and impartial diplomacy, middle powers – Indonesia, South Korea and Philippines- may be able to contain the rise of China in ways that the United States or Japan cannot.

America and Pakistan have different goals in Afghanistan. While Washington wants to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Pakistan wants them to stop violence in its territories and to capture power in Kabul. Islamabad sees the Afghan war as an opportunity to strengthen its military, with Western support, to fend off India and lean on New Delhi to resolve the Kashmir dispute. From Pakistan’s perspective, the Taliban jihadists -- trained in Pakistani madarsas and supported by the Inter-Service Intelligence, the military spy agency – will make the best allies in Kabul and help augment the anti-Indian jihad in Kashmir.

Pakistan is the most misunderstood country in the world and the phenomenon of terrorism and religious extremism, arguably, is a leading factor in distorting its image on the global level. Pakistan as a front line state in the war on terror has suffered the most in men and material, has helped in dismantling the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden but regrettably our allies and western countries look suspiciously at our endeavors, doubt our commitment to the cause at hand and decidedly remain oblivious to our national and strategic interests in the region.

Within the beginning of the 21st century, the discord within Afghanistan had been observed first and foremost as a possible cultural battle. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia seemed to be bankrolling a Pashtun takeover in the region simply by assisting the Taliban (Mujtaba, 2013). Then again, Iran, Russia, some Central Asian states and India backed the fundamentally non-Pashtun Northern Alliance, to avoid an entire Taliban triumph when the fundamentalist militia currently managed in excess of 90 % of Afghanistan’s area (Mujtaba, 2013). Peace building initiatives after that aimed at the development of a representative government.

In the 21st century the interests and influence of China, India, and the US are beginning to intersect and overlap thereby this region is bound to become epitome of international conflicts and power dynamics. The presence of the three powers in the Indian Ocean is shown at Appendix Q attached. The littoral countries are going to play a major role in the ongoing power struggle because of their strategic locations. It is clearly evident that of the three most influential countries, it is China who is making forays in the domain of other countries and projecting its power in the far flung areas. The point to ponder is ‘Is this Showcase of Power a Case of Expansionist China’ or ‘Is it Economic Necessity of China’. In the present situation it is a mix of both. Before moving any further it is vital to analyze the conflicting situation in the region.

This essay aims to explain the failure of Pakistan as an effective ally of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the fight against the Taliban/ Al Qaeda. This essay is broken into three parts in order to better understand the fight against the Taliban/ Al Qaeda. In the first part, we look at the formation of the Taliban/ Al Qaeda in the region followed by its relationship with Pakistan and finally the post 9/11 situations in the region. It also looks to study the Pakistan – United States and Pakistan – India relationship.

Before moving ahead it is important to note that Indian Ocean is in our backyard and is often regarded as India’s ocean. China time and again has refuted this claim and off late has started projecting its forces far from the hinterland on the pretext of securing its SLOCs. In spite of proximity to Pacific China is coerced to the Indian Ocean for the following reasons :-

Political identities may be realized in this way but they may be and are accommodated in other fashion (Taylor,1979 p-1) Identity is a quality of the individual that a part of the common criteria of individual maturity according to national perspective. Identity crisis is an important theme of adolescence a time when various type life of law are tired out. It is important to note that one autonomy by the using social links for all. Language, religion and whole politics are each essential. In this way, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have given the great identity to keep off the nationalism through politics.

India since its autonomy in 1947 has taken after an arrangement of peace and non-arrangement. India has constantly brought its voice up for truth and Justice. It was after India got its Independence in 1947 that the Nation has ready to frame its own remote arrangement. India association with the Soviet Union began off extremely well because of Pandit Nehru's drive. India's relations with the Soviet Union in those initial five year after autonomy were conflicted, guided by Nehru's choice, to remain neutral and take dynamic part in the Commonwealth of Nations. However in February 1954, when the US organization reported the choice to give arms and supply refined military equipment and monetary guide to Pakistan, this advancement frightened

Though the South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan) have common, history, heritage , cultural ,linguistic and social practices, South Asia has emerged as the least integrated region in the world. . South Asia is exclusively numbered by complicated security disclosures, numerous inter-state disputes and yet a high unimproved economic potential. The challenges faced by the region are appeared deep rooted and historic differences. Back to back political disclosures and disputes have not permitted economic and strategic interests to take advantage in terms of policy and development. While the regional trade off is 67% in European Union, it is about 4% in South Asia.