Post by Observer Research Foundation

#OccasionalPaper | #ORFIndia The sudden positive turn in #US-#Pakistan ties has alarmed Beijing, where questions are being raised about the future of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (#CPEC) and #China’s so-called ‘iron friendship’ with Pakistan. This paper by Antara Singh (安璇) analyses the ongoing debates in China’s policy and strategic circles. It finds an emerging unease over the dramatic reset in US-Pakistan ties under #Trump2.0 which, in turn, is forcing China to quietly adjust its pace of cooperation with Pakistan. For China, the lesson being learnt is the impermanence of friends, and for Pakistan, China’s word of caution is that in its bid to reap benefits from the two competing superpowers—the US and China—it could end up losing the trust of both. Read it here 👉 https://or-f.org/38436