
Digital Silk Road: Strategic Benefits for Pakistan
The central agenda of Digital Silk Road was to enhance the digital connectivity and infrastructure by exporting the technologies of 5G.
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The central agenda of Digital Silk Road was to enhance the digital connectivity and infrastructure by exporting the technologies of 5G.
Amid regional geopolitics, Pakistan\’s choices are pivotal, as Afghanistan explores alternate trade routes, with Iran a potential option.
A new partnership is growing in the South Asian region. China is extending its hand to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on principles of respecting sovereignty & non-interference in internal matters.
Terrorist organizations such as TTP, ISKP and IMU, operating in South and Central Asia, are the significant strategic barriers to regional connectivity.
China\’s ambitious revitalization of the ancient Silk Road is a grand strategy with a trickle-down effect, reminding low-income nations in the region of their significance as pivots and the necessity of establishing connectivity along geographical, cultural, and historical proximities
The most significant challenge for both Pakistan and Afghanistan is not persuading stakeholders of the economic viability of their transboundary projects but rather creating an ideal environment for them.
The rise of China at breakneck speed and the growing influence of Russia in the International Political arena after its invasion of Ukraine, are some of the things which Frankopan had already predicted in The Silk Roads: A New History of the World.
South Asian countries attain diversities and similarities in their cultural, economic, and political patterns. However, their relations with China have developed differently which shows the distinct regional patterns of international relations.
The threats to CPEC emanate from internal issues such as the Baloch insurgency to administrative lapses and political upheavals in the region.
Illegal logging continues to thrive in Nepal while the legally felled timber, for which tradesmen have paid taxes rots.
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