Argument map · IR · Current Affairs
Great-Power Competition
- US-China competition
- pressure on third states
- Pakistan's cross-cutting interests
- hedging
- policy space / dependency risks
Policy levers: Diversified economic/security relations with risk management
Strongest counter
✕ CounterMultipolarity creates both opportunity and complexity.
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Evidence in this chain
US as major Pakistan export market: Historically the largest individual-country export market (Recent)US/Pakistan official trade sourcesStrategic autonomy between China and West: China critical for infrastructure/imports; Western markets important for exports/capital (Current)Synthesis from official trade dataSaudi share of remittances: ~24% (Jul-Dec FY2026)Pakistan Economic Survey / SBPUAE share of remittances: ~20.7% (Jul-Dec FY2026)Pakistan Economic Survey / SBPGCC share of remittances: ~54% (Jul-Dec FY2026)Pakistan Economic Survey / SBPUS-Pakistan trade: ~US$11.5bn goods+services trade (2025)USTRHedging: Diversified cooperation without complete alignment (Pakistan application)IR theoryPakistan joined SCO: Full member 9 Jun 2017; observer since 2005 (2017)Pakistan MOFA / SCO