The China-Pakistan Axis by Andrew Small

The China-Pakistan Axis by Andrew Small

The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only "all-weather" friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hid- den from the public eye.This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA.

Andrew Small, Ph.D., is the author of this article. The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill has a master's degree in comparative literature. In several journals, he has written about literature and the visual arts. He is currently employed as a French assistant professor at the University of Houston.

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ISBN 13	9780190076818
ISBN 10	019007681X
Title	The China-Pakistan Axis
Author	Andrew Small
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	OUP India
Year published	2020-04-15
Number of pages	288
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