CPEC: A Critique of Lucid Implications

Abstract

This article elucidates an overview of the investment initiatives of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its bridge-head role in the maturity of One Belt One Road (OBOR) global initiative of China. Eloquent picture of the dominating sway of CPEC amidst China’s investment in Africa and Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Initiative (BCIM) has been strived to be delineated. It’s an incisive study of the logical implications of CPEC in view of the geo-politic developments and security risks. It is imperative to fathom major implications in view of geo-strategic policies of China, Sino-Pak relations and cutting-edge economic aspirations of both the countries. An endeavor has been attempted to explicate the financial insinuations of CPEC, prodding the ubiquitous economic tumult in Pakistan, cogitating the Omni-directional foreign policy of Sri Lanka with China. Implications of Chinese maritime developments in karnaphuli, Colombo and Naypyidaw have been expounded to comprehend the burgeoning template of maritime politics and aura of extra-regional players in South Asia. This study is qualitative in nature as methodology pertained to review the existing literature. Well-structured analysis of the lucid implications stemmed to cope with the prevalent ordeals, hampering the accomplishment of CPEC and simultaneously the development of Pakistan. Plausible conclusions were drawn to eschew the grey belts of fragile economy of Pakistan and restructured maritime subtleties in South Asia. Conclusions, extrapolated from the astute study of implications, may succor think tanks to contrive dynamics of foreign policy of Pakistan, ruminating over the rise and fall of global players.