Category: Connectivity

CPEC and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

China, India and the Future of U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Munir Akram, the former Pakistani permanent representative to the United Nations writes in DAWN: “America’s new hostility towards Pakistan is due mostly to its emerging global rivalry with China, in which India has been chosen as Washington’s strategic partner whereas...

/ May 12, 2019

Newsletter: Issue 14 (March 4, 2019)

This is a review of news and analysis pertaining to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and related regional connectivity and security issues, covering the period of November 15, 2018 – February 28, 2019.

/ March 4, 2019

A Brief History of China-Pakistan Relations and CPEC

A concise pre-history of CPEC up to its formal launch in 2015.

/ February 22, 2019

Newsletter: Issue 13 (November 16, 2018)

This is a review of news and analysis pertaining to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and related regional connectivity and security issues, covering the period of September 14 – November 14, 2018.

/ November 16, 2018
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 9, 2018. (Photo Credit: Government of Pakistan)

Imran Khan Heads to China

Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan headed to China on November 1 for his first visit to the country since taking office this summer. Khan hopes for assistance to ease his country’s ongoing economic crisis and aims to chart out an...

/ November 4, 2018
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2018. (Photo Credit: Government of Pakistan)

Saudi Arabia and CPEC

A refinery in Gwadar would give the Saudis an economic foothold in a strategic location—just outside the Strait of Hormuz but close to Persian Gulf shipping lanes—and could lock Pakistan into purchasing Saudi crude. Read more at The National Interest

/ October 16, 2018

CPEC and the New Government

A new government in Islamabad brings fresh uncertainty to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor program.

/ September 14, 2018

Newsletter: Issue 12 (September 14, 2018)

This is a review of news and analysis pertaining to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and related regional connectivity and security issues, covering the period of August 16 - September 13, 2018.

/ September 14, 2018

Newsletter: Issue 11 (August 16, 2018)

This is a review of news and analysis pertaining to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and related regional connectivity and security issues, covering the period of July 11 - August 15, 2018.

/ August 16, 2018

Newsletter: Issue 10 (July 12, 2018)

This is a review of news and analysis pertaining to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and related regional connectivity and security issues, covering the period of June 27 - July 10, 2018.

/ July 12, 2018