Pakistan’s Balancing Act Between the United States and China

Much will depend on how much China challenges the U.S. militarily.

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Amid the intensifying U.S.-China competition, Pakistan occupies a unique geopolitical position: It is the only country that maintains deep, long-standing relations with both Washington and Beijing, so it is balancing the two accordingly – a process made possible by America’s need to reach an accommodation with China. But Pakistan’s balancing act will be much more […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. A strategic forecaster, Dr. Bokhari is now a Senior Resident Fellow with the Middle East Policy Council and a Senior Director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Bokhari also teaches Eurasian Geopolitics at Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Previously, has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari