Description: The China-Pakistan Axis by Andrew Small The first book-length analysis of an often secretive but mutually beneficial military and strategic partnership. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asias geopolitics, from Indias rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continents new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistans great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for Chinas encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the others only all-weather friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hid- den from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijings support for Pakistans nuclear program, Chinas dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese militarys planning for crises in Pakistan.It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistans internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA. Author Biography Andrew Small has researched Chinese foreign and economic policy issues in Beijing, Brussels, London, and now Washington, D.C. He is a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Review ...an excellent book. * Anatol Lieven, New York Review of Books *An original and timely contribution to this unusual relationship, never formalized in an alliance as it faces the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan * Times Literary Supplement *An impressive account of a little-understood friendship * The Economist *Exceptionally well-informed and insightful account * Foreign Affairs *Small has illuminated the complementary calculations in Beijing and Islamabad which nurture this fascinating relationship, through a painstaking survey of numerous, diverse sources, coupled with extensive interviews throughout southern Asia. Small brings to bear not only copious research but analytic subtlety that makes this book both a joy to read and a veritable "keeper". * International Affairs *Small has written a valuable and perceptive book. * Survival journal *This unique and timely work provides fresh insights into one of the most important and most neglected new developments in world affairs - Chinas turn to south and west Asia. As the U.S. pivots toward (East) Asia, Andrew Small shows us how China is moving beyond traditional concepts of Asia. * Barnett Rubin, Senior Fellow and Director at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University *Andrew Smalls remarkable book paints a vivid picture of twenty-first century geopolitics by uncovering one of the most important and under-explored relationships. A gripping narrative of how Chinas rise meets nukes, terrorists and the Taliban * Mark Leonard is Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and author of What Does China Think? *The China-Pakistan Axis explores one of the most resilient and paradoxical bilateral relations of the post colonial era - a superb illustration of the manner in which international relations can be determined by power considerations. Pakistan and China have been "all weather friends" for more than fifty years in spite of their ideological differences. Andrew Small shows that their rapprochement resulted mostly from a real politik assessment of their common enemy, India, but that non material variables are back in the picture today because of the Islamist connection in the case of the Uighurs, for example. The strength of Smalls work lies in its analysis of the fascinating scope and trajectory of the Beijing - Islamabad relationship. * Christophe Jaffrelot, Research Director at CNRS, Sciences Po and author of The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience * Review Quote ...an excellent book. Details ISBN1787382273 ISBN-10 1787382273 ISBN-13 9781787382275 Format Paperback Author Andrew Small Pages 336 Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Subtitle Asias New Geopolitics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 327.5105491 Year 2020 Publication Date 2020-03-19 Short Title The China-Pakistan Axis Language English UK Release Date 2020-03-19 NZ Release Date 2020-03-19 Alternative 9781849043410 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-03-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781787382275
Book Title: The China-Pakistan Axis
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, Politics
Publication Year: 2020
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics
Language: English
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Author: Andrew Small
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