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GWADAR PORT AS THE SOCIOECONOMIC PIVOT TO CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR PROSPECTS AND REPERCUSSIONS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).59      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).59      Published : Sep 3

Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions

Abstract

    China is emerging as an economic power of the world and correspondingly it has unleashed a strategy of its sustained economic growth alongside socioeconomic development of the region and beyond, through implementation of its envisaged grand Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In this regard, Pakistanis accommodating China’s flagship project, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The success of CPEC hinges on the unhindered development and sustenance of Gwadar Port for assured uninterrupted sea - land linkage of CPEC. Besides supporting CPEC, Gwadar Port has gigantic potential to contribute towards Pakistan’s socioeconomic development and improving socioeconomic stature of landlocked Central Asian States. Geopolitics always play its role in all regional and international developments which embody clash of interest among stakeholder states and development of Gwadar Port is no exception. Alongside enormous prospects of payoffs, Gwadar Port encounters serious challenges to its development and sustenance, which have not been much deliberated in academic discourses. This paper, besides ascertaining the socioeconomic impacts of Gwadar Port on Pakistan, China, regional states and CPEC, identifies international repercussions and domestic challenges to Gwadar Port’s success; thus help the policy makers to draw pertinent conclusions.

    Economic Connectivity, Socioeconomic Growth, Geography, IOR, Traditional Security, Non-Traditional Security

    (1) Sultan Maqsood
    Ph.D Scholar, Area Study Centre, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Maliha Zeba Khan
    Ph.D Scholar, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Sajjad Ali Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Maqsood, S., Khan, M. Z., & Khan, S. A. (2019). Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(III), 476 – 482. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).59

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Maqsood, Sultan, Maliha Zeba Khan, and Sajjad Ali Khan. 2019. "Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III): 476 – 482 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).59

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    HARVARD : MAQSOOD, S., KHAN, M. Z. & KHAN, S. A. 2019. Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 476 – 482.

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    MHRA : Maqsood, Sultan, Maliha Zeba Khan, and Sajjad Ali Khan. 2019. "Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 476 – 482

MLA

    MLA : Maqsood, Sultan, Maliha Zeba Khan, and Sajjad Ali Khan. "Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.III (2019): 476 – 482 Print.

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    OXFORD : Maqsood, Sultan, Khan, Maliha Zeba, and Khan, Sajjad Ali (2019), "Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III), 476 – 482

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Maqsood, Sultan, Maliha Zeba Khan, and Sajjad Ali Khan. "Gwadar Port as the Socioeconomic Pivot to China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Repercussions." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. III (2019): 476 – 482. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).59