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Resolving conflict - The News International

Last updated Monday, January 31, 2022 19:59 ET

Amid the US-China tussle, Pakistan has maintained an impartial stance, wisely balancing its relations with the two. It stresses a non-partisan approach as it wants to refrain from joining any political bloc. This approach is influenced by a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world, which has given countries greater flexibility.
This shift in the global environment has, on the one hand, allowed countries to follow their national interest, while on the other, increased complexities which have proven to be difficult for states to navigate through.
One of these is the growing competition and rivalry between the two major powers – the US and China – that has impacted the whole world. Many countries are anxious about the moment this rivalry reaches a point where they might be forced to choose one between the two. The notion also troubles Pakistan.
For the country, affable relations with both the US and China are vital, and it cannot neglect one at the cost of the other, given how its geopolitical strategy now includes geo-economics. China is playing a strategic role in elevating the status of Pakistan’s geo-economic strategy through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The US has also been one of the country’s top investors over the last two decades and is a major non-Nato ally as well. Pakistan needs, and wants, to have a mutually beneficial working relationship with both countries to avoid having to choose or being cajoled into choosing between the two.
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