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- Title
Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region and Challenges for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
- Authors
Khan, Maliha Zeba
- Abstract
China's grand idea of economic connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has changed international politics. It comprises two parts: land corridors known as belt, and maritime corridors known as maritime Silk Road. The Maritime Silk Road (MSR) is like a jugular vein for global flows. With the potential increase in trade volume across the world, there would be certain implications especially regarding geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), and without security of MSRI, land corridors would not be successful. This paper aims at discussing the geopolitics of MSRI passing through the IOR and its significance for the BRI, as well as emerging challenges, particularly for CPEC which is the pilot project of the BRI. The research is exploratory yet qualitative, and is based on primary and secondary data. Economic connectivity through establishing systemic infrastructure will not only decrease travel time and distances, but costs too will see a reduction leaving a positive impact on value chains, and global flows will flourish positively. On other hand, increase in trade volume across the IOR will cause certain challenges which are evaluated in this paper.
- Subjects
CHINA; PAKISTAN; BELT &; Road Initiative; INTERNATIONAL economic relations; MARITIME shipping; VALUE chains
- Publication
Pakistan Horizon, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 2/3, p95
- ISSN
0030-980X
- Publication type
Article