http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).17
10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).17
Published : Sep 2020
Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan
This article aims at examining China's contemporary interests in post-9/11 Afghanistan. China's diplomatic engagement started in post-Taliban Afghanistan, yet it did not take any part in the US military campaign. Sine the US-Taliban engagement for peace talks, Beijing has been playing an active role and hosted a number of Taliban delegations for the peace process. The article argues the security threat from Afghanistan, vast natural resources in Afghanistan; concern of narcotic flow from Afghanistan; the market for Chinese goods, and most importantly, Chin's Belt and Road initiative needs a stable and peaceful Afghanistan are the main factors Beijing is active vis-à-vis contemporary Afghanistan. China's active socio-economic, political, and diplomatic rendezvous in Afghanistan will not only bring peace and stability to Afghanistan but will also augment China's political thump at the global level and provide it with a peaceful neighbourhood, the market for its goods and a corridor for its Belt and Road Initiative.
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China, Afghanistan, Contemporary Interests, Stability, Peace Process, Security
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(1) Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai
Senior Research Associate, Strategic Vision Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Inamullah Jan
Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Nasreen Akhtar
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and IR, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Yousafzai, Z. I., Jan, I., & Akhtar, N. (2020). Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan. Global Political Review, V(III), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).17
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CHICAGO : Yousafzai, Zafar Iqbal, Inamullah Jan, and Nasreen Akhtar. 2020. "Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan." Global Political Review, V (III): 175-183 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).17
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HARVARD : YOUSAFZAI, Z. I., JAN, I. & AKHTAR, N. 2020. Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan. Global Political Review, V, 175-183.
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MHRA : Yousafzai, Zafar Iqbal, Inamullah Jan, and Nasreen Akhtar. 2020. "Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan." Global Political Review, V: 175-183
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MLA : Yousafzai, Zafar Iqbal, Inamullah Jan, and Nasreen Akhtar. "Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan." Global Political Review, V.III (2020): 175-183 Print.
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OXFORD : Yousafzai, Zafar Iqbal, Jan, Inamullah, and Akhtar, Nasreen (2020), "Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan", Global Political Review, V (III), 175-183
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TURABIAN : Yousafzai, Zafar Iqbal, Inamullah Jan, and Nasreen Akhtar. "Tracing China's contemporary interest in post-9/11 Afghanistan." Global Political Review V, no. III (2020): 175-183. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).17