Title: Pakistan is in a tangle!The United States is forced to take sides, and China and the United States are competing with the economy of China and Pakistan
Dilemma!The United States forces Pakistan to make a choice, and China and the United States compete for the China-Pakistan economy
Hello everyone, I am your military international relations blogger, and today I want to share with you a high-profile international news. Recently, Pakistan's army chief of staff Munir visited the United States, which attracted widespread attention. The United States has relentlessly put forward a series of conditions for Pakistan to choose sides between China and the United States. This can't help but make us think, in the face of this dilemma, how will Pakistan and Railway choose?What's going on?
Let's review the ins and outs of the incident. On December 19, India's National Defense Research ** reported that Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff Munir led a delegation to the United States to discuss economic assistance with the United States. This has sparked curiosity, as the United States has been Pakistan's largest economic donor. Unexpectedly, however, the United States did not show mercy and put forward a series of difficult conditions.
First, the U.S. demanded that Pakistan restore its economic relationship with India, especially after the breakdown of India-Pakistan relations in 2019, which completely broke down. Second, Pakistan must make great efforts to maintain the peace in Kashmir under the control of India and Pakistan. Finally, and perhaps most sensitively, China-Pakistan cooperation in CPEC is limited to the economic sphere and cannot be extended to intelligence and security cooperation.
This series of conditions is directly placed in front of Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Munir, which is equivalent to the United States using money to force Pakistan to stand in line. This makes one wonder why the United States is doing thisWhat is it that makes the United States have so much influence over Pakistan?
First, we need to recognize that the U.S. influence over Pakistan and its military is truly extraordinary. Unlike the "Pakistani railway" as commonly understood, that is, China is able to completely surpass other countries, in fact, it is the United States that is more influential than China. Since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the United States has been playing chess in South Asia and, although focusing primarily on India, has not given up its influence on Pakistan. Pakistan played an important bridgehead role during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and U.S. supplies to Afghanistan and training Afghan anti-war groups shaped the special relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a considerable extent.
Although the United States is betting on India, it still has high hopes for Pakistan and is trying to use Pakistan to make India. This is well known not only to the United States, India, but also to Pakistan itself. Munir's visit to the United States was actually a resounding slap in the face, leading us to conclude that the influence of the United States in Pakistan is still not to be underestimated.
Second, judging from the strong statements of the United States, China does face considerable challenges in Pakistan. Although China refers to Pakistan as the "Pakistan Railway" and has provided assistance in the economic, social, and livelihood fields, in the deeper areas, China-Pakistan relations are actually inferior to those between the United States and Pakistan. The United States is undoubtedly forcing Pakistan to choose between China and the United States, especially restricting cooperation in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
In particular, on the issue of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) cooperation, the United States has explicitly warned Pakistan that it can only be limited to economic cooperation and cannot be extended to the field of security cooperation. Focusing on the CPEC issue, India, the United States and other forces have frequently launched terrorist attacks on cooperation projects, which are obviously aimed at undermining China-Pakistan relations and affecting Chinese investment in Pakistan. Under such circumstances, China and China must carry out more all-round cooperation with Pakistan to maintain the stability of China-Pakistan relations.
Finally, we have to see that in the case of the competition between China and the United States, Pakistan's dilemma in the middle is indeed embarrassing. Although Pakistan is a large country in South Asia with a population of hundreds of millions, its political structure is based on a tribal society, forming a government in the form of a modern democratic state. This has led to the widespread presence of opposition forces in Pakistan, as well as the risk of collusion between the opposition and foreign countries. The United States has put Pakistan in a dilemma by demanding a choice between China and the United States.
Pakistan's international status and responsibilities make it necessary to seek compromise and détente between China and the United States. The quasi-alignment status reached through the Quadrilateral Security Talks has shown that the pressure on Pakistan is just too much. In the gap between China and the United States, Pakistan's future is indeed worrying. Despite the tremendous pressure from the United States, Pakistan, as a major power in South Asia and a rival to India, must fight for more space at home and abroad.
Overall, Pakistan is torn between a dilemma and a difficult choice. Although Pakistan has a wide range of ** forces in the country, the tough demands of the United States have also aroused ** voices in Pakistan. Under such circumstances, Pakistan must soberly understand the essence of the United States and think about how to truly realize "Pakistan-rail" relations. If "Pakistan Railway" just stays on the slogan, it will be bad for Pakistan. Compared with the conditions of the United States, China's help and assistance are out of sincerity, hoping that Pakistan will become an independent and stable country.
Against this turbulent international backdrop, Pakistan must find a more flexible strategy to achieve its goals and safeguard its interests in China-Pakistan relations. In the face of pressure from the United States, China and Pakistan need not only to consolidate existing cooperation, but also to find ways to deal with it and ensure independent development. This is a time of challenge and opportunity, and it will be interesting to see how Pakistan and the railways will find their way out of the ever-changing international chess game.