Sino-Pakistani Relations: Politics, Military and Regional Dynamics

ISBN-13: 9781138362604 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str.

Filippo Boni (University of Birmingham

Opis

Sino-Pakistani relations are a new and emerging strand of research rapidly developing given the centrality of this topic in China's economic outreach through the Belt and Road initiative. This book uses the prism of the relationship between Pakistan and China to shed light on the extent of military influence over the state and on how this has varied overtime in Pakistan. The book is structured by looking at four case studies: the development of the port of Gwadar, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the relationship between China and Pakistan over Afghanistan and the developments in Pakistan's civil-military relations beyond China. Analysing the civil-military interplay in Pakistan through the relationship between Islamabad and Beijing serves two purposes that are also the substantive theoretical and empirical contributions of the book. First, the conceptual discussion presented in the book contributes analytically to our understanding of the role of the military in politics, especially in emerging democracies. Second, this book is unique in that it links Chinese economic influence through the Belt and Road initiative and how it is extending into key areas, both economically and strategically, in Pakistan. Assessing the extent of military prerogatives in Pakistan's domestic politics, by focusing on Sino-Pakistani relations in the post 9/11 period, the book reveals that there is a new pattern of civil-military relations in Pakistan, one in which the civilians and the military are sharing power to the benefit of both parties. The book will be of interest to academics working on South Asian Politics, Chinese Politics and International Relations, Sino-Pakistani relations, civil-military ties, and China's role in Asia including the One Belt, One Road initiative.

O autorze

Filippo Boni is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University, UK.