Politics of Developmental Cooperation: Mechanism of Cooperation on CPEC
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a strategic game-changer development projects both for China and Pakistan with varying interests.For the successful implementation of CPEC, various cooperation mechanisms were signed between China and Pakistan. This cooperation mechanism has been perceived differently by different stakeholders. The mechanism of cooperation seems like a complex phenomenon due to the interest articulation and contradictions of the capitalist model of cooperation. Moreover, cooperation also needs adaptation to produce and reproduce capital in the case ofCPEC related projects. An attempt has been made in this paper to explore the mechanisms of cooperation on CPEC.Who is benefiting from this cooperation? And how this cooperation mechanism is being translated into a project of game-changer.' In a capitalist structure, the control over means of production and private ownership creates a nature of competition protected by existing institutional arrangements to strengthen a structure of profiteering.Cooperation is totally opposite to competition, and primarily it depends on the socialistic principle of sharing and caring.
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Developmental Cooperation, Politics, CPEC, Pakistan, China
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(1) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology- Islamabad. He worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, The University of Nottingham United Kingdom (UK).
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APA : Ahmad, M. S. (2018). Politics of Developmental Cooperation: Mechanism of Cooperation on CPEC. Global Social Sciences Review, III(III), 611-628. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).36
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel. 2018. "Politics of Developmental Cooperation: Mechanism of Cooperation on CPEC." Global Social Sciences Review, III (III): 611-628 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).36
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