Pakistan in China’s Security Policy in the Context of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the importance of Pakistan, as one of the
influential countries of the Indo-Pacific region, for the broadly understood
security of China during the rule of Xi Jinping in the context of the American
strategy in the region. Pakistan is undoubtedly one of the participants
in the competition between the US and China. Its geographical location
is of geostrategic and geoeconomic importance for Beijing. Pakistan plays
an important role in the process of redefining China’s security interests in the
Indo-Pacific region and increases its power projection capabilities. Beijing’s
relations with Islamabad are filled with new content, especially in the context
of formulating the American concept of regional security, which has a clearly
anti-Chinese character. The US system of alliance ties in the Indo-Pacific
region is based on countries whose relations with China are tense and historically
burdened. India ranks first among these countries. In this context,
Pakistan serves as an ally to China that expands its room for maneuver in the
process of balancing relations in the region.