By Sudha Ramachandran
January 18th, 2016, The CACI Analyst
As the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project gathers momentum, concern is mounting over the security situation in the restive Baluchistan province. The Pakistani government has promised to beef up security for the project, but will this work? Its strategy to deal with Baluch nationalism, which has focused on military operations, has contributed to the emergence of an array of armed militias – Baluch nationalist, Islamist and sectarian. Can the economic corridor thrive or even survive in the midst of this bubbling cauldron?
- China
- Pakistan
- South Asia
- ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor
- Baluchistan
- Baluch nationalism
- Baluchistan insurgency
- Gwadar port
- CPEC
- SEZ
- China Overseas Port Holding Company
- Pakistan Chagai nuclear tests
- Economic colonialism
- Islamism
