THE STRATEGY OF CHINA TOWARD SOUTH ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN IN THE POST 9/11 ERA

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25      Published : Sep 2025
Authored by : MuhammadFarhad , Mohammad Ayaz

25 Pages : 289-300

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25      Published : Sep 2025

The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era

    September 11, 2001, brought phenomenal changes in international relations by dramatically changing the regional as well as global dynamics of politics and economics. Pakistan, being a close ally of the US in the war against terrorism, had suffered great loss in terms of financial setback to its economy as well as loss of human lives. The devastating impacts of fighting the war against terrorism had posed serious security threats for Pakistan but however, at the same time, it came close to China in the rapidly changing geopolitical and economic changes in the post-9/11 era. The strategic partnership with China increased exponentially in many fields of cooperation, especially in the shape of CPEC after 2013, which is considered a game-changer for both friendly neighbors of South Asia. The economic and military cooperation between the two countries witnessed high collaboration in various fields.

    (1) Muhammad Farhad
    Research scholar at the Department of Pakistan Studies, Kohat University of Science & Technology, KUST, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Mohammad Ayaz
    In-Charge Chairperson/Lecturer in Department of Pakistan Studies, Kohat University of Science & Technology, KUST, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Farhad, Muhammad, and Mohammad Ayaz. 2025. "The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era." Global Social Sciences Review, X (III): 289-300 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25
    HARVARD : FARHAD, M. & AYAZ, M. 2025. The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 289-300.
    MHRA : Farhad, Muhammad, and Mohammad Ayaz. 2025. "The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 289-300
    MLA : Farhad, Muhammad, and Mohammad Ayaz. "The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era." Global Social Sciences Review, X.III (2025): 289-300 Print.
    OXFORD : Farhad, Muhammad and Ayaz, Mohammad (2025), "The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era", Global Social Sciences Review, X (III), 289-300
    TURABIAN : Farhad, Muhammad, and Mohammad Ayaz. "The Strategy of China toward South Asia: A Case Study of Pakistan In the Post 9/11 Era." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. III (2025): 289-300. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).25