China, Pakistan and the Belt and Road Initiative - The Experience of an Early Adopter State

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)'s impact on Pakistan's economy, politics, and society, covering its developmental benefits as well as resulting controversies.

List of contents

Foreword, 1. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at Ten: Taking Stock of the Belt and Road's "Flagship" Project, 2. Pakistan's Political Settlement and the Prospect of Industrial Development Under CPEC, 3. Agriculture and Chinese Agribusiness Investments in the Context of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, 4. CPEC and De-democratization in Pakistan, 5. The Securitization of CPEC, 6. BRI and Ethno-regional Conflicts: A Case Study of CPEC in Balochistan, 7. China-Pakistan relations, Gender, and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, 8. People-to-People Contact under CPEC: Fact or Fiction?

About the author

Pascal Abb is a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, focusing on how a rising China is interacting with global conflict environments. His research on this issue has been published in the Journal of Contemporary China, Third World Quarterly, Pacific Affairs, and others.
Filippo Boni is a senior lecturer at The Open University in the UK. He is the author of Sino-Pakistani Relations. Politics, Military and Regional Dynamics (Routledge, 2019) and his research has been published in The British Journal of Politics and International Studies, Asian Survey, Regional and Federal Studies and Asia Policy, among others.
Hasan H. Karrar is an Associate Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research on Chinese international engagement appeared as The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War (UBC Press, 2010) and more recently in Antipode, Comparative Studies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and Modern Asian Studies, and other scholarly outlets.

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Boni Abb
• Assisted by: Pascal Abb (Editor), Filippo Boni (Editor), Karrar Hasan H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032633398
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263339-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Rethinking Asia and International Relations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Pakistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, South East Asia, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science