Post 9/11 triangular dynamics of US-Pakistan and China : A strategic perspective

Abstract

The notion of strategic triangles was developed by Lowell Dittmer and Gerald Segal in newline1982. It views the pattern of the bilateral relations vis-a-vis the third state. The three newlinestates are treated as an inseparable whole. In the contemporary security newlineenvironment, the tri-angular relationship of USA-Pakistan and China is considered as newlineone of the major determining factor of emerging Asian security architecture. The newlineconcept has been duly incorporated in the theoretical domain by various experts, and, newlinealso the same has been further evolved. newlineAlthough Dittmer and Goldstem have the concept of strategic triangle, Ana So Liz De newlineStang further developed three way street triangle and Womack s further developed newlinethe concept of it by incorporating it with the of asymmetry theory and asymmetric newlinetriangle. Other theories that can be explored to gain an understanding of the same newlineinclude realism (including) its sub-theories and liberalism. newlinePost 9/11 the conduct of diplomacy of U.S. and China have been on a different level newlineplaying field. The former has focussed on War on Terror (WoT), humanitarian newlineinterventions and subsequent regime change, colour revolutions, and counter newlinestrategic alliances against a resurgent Russia and an emergent China. On the newlinecontrary, Beijing intertwined its geo-economic and geo-strategic policies while newlinesimultaneously translating its economic might into a military one. Further, it has resolved its border and security issues with its most of its partners in conflict, newlineprominently with Russia. In the process of expanding its geo-strategic footprints, newlineBeijing has been perceived as a revisionist power by the western security experts newlinethat advances a multipolar world based on the principles of equal stakes and priority newlineof decision making to be given to the respective countries of the particular region. newlineThis has led to the emergence of competition between Beijing and Washington both newlinein strategic and economic realms. newlineFrom Islamabad s perspective, post 9/11 military decisions of Washington provided newlinean opportunity for.