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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-III).03      10.31703/ger.2021(VI-III).03      Published : Sep 2021

Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States

Abstract

    Gwadar is a deep seaport that played the role of main communication and trade route among India and the Gulf States. In collaboration with China, Gwadar Port has been intended to be connected with Afghanistan and via Afghanistan to Central Asia through road links. If we take the case of the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, it is Gwadar Port that allows China to counterbalance the Indo-US supremacy. Beijing now has the ability to counterbalance Indian maritime activities in the Indian Ocean by praising and acknowledging this Port. Gwadar Port's distance from Pakistan's Karachi Port and India's Gujarat and Mumbai naval stations allows China to observe Indo-US naval operations in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. Persia Gulf is responsible for over 60% of Beijing's energy supply demands. This phenomenon, in the long run, allows Beijing to monitor and control the sea lanes of communication (SLOCs) from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean and up to the Strait of Hormuz.

    Gwadar, China, Western States, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean

    (1) Fakhr ul Munir
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Nelofar Ihsan
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sanaullah
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Munir, F. u., Ihsan, N., & Sanaullah. (2021). Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States. Global Economics Review, VI(III), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-III).03

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Munir, Fakhr ul, Nelofar Ihsan, and Sanaullah. 2021. "Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States." Global Economics Review, VI (III): 22-30 doi: 10.31703/ger.2021(VI-III).03

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MUNIR, F. U., IHSAN, N. & SANAULLAH. 2021. Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States. Global Economics Review, VI, 22-30.

MHRA

    MHRA : Munir, Fakhr ul, Nelofar Ihsan, and Sanaullah. 2021. "Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States." Global Economics Review, VI: 22-30

MLA

    MLA : Munir, Fakhr ul, Nelofar Ihsan, and Sanaullah. "Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States." Global Economics Review, VI.III (2021): 22-30 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Munir, Fakhr ul, Ihsan, Nelofar, and Sanaullah, (2021), "Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States", Global Economics Review, VI (III), 22-30

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Munir, Fakhr ul, Nelofar Ihsan, and Sanaullah. "Strategic and Economic Importance of Gwadar for China and other Regional and Western States." Global Economics Review VI, no. III (2021): 22-30. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-III).03