Regional Connectivity and Inclusion of New Partners in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor:Prospects and Challenges

作     者：Ahmed Bux Jamali Hongsong Liu Mehmood Hussain 

作者机构：School of International and Public AffairsShanghai International Studies UniversityChina School of International and Public AffairsShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina Department of International RelationsUniversity of Azad Jammu and Kashmir MuzaffarabadPakistan 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》 (亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第17卷第1期

页      面：31-48页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 0302[法学-政治学] 020202[经济学-区域经济学] 0705[理学-地理学] 

主　　题：BRI CPEC Gwadar Port Expanded Regionalisation New Partners 

摘      要：This paper examines the potential of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for shared prosperity and economic development through enhanced regional connectivity.It argues that CPEC can act as a regional connector for South Asian and Middle Eastern states by bringing enormous economic and trade opportunities.Having examined the potential utilisation of CPEC as a regional connector in contextualising the Pakistan-China shared consensus for the inclusion of new partners,this paper investigates the areas of regional connectivity cooperation and cross-border linkages with India,Afghanistan,Iran,and Saudi Arabia,and highlights the prospects and challenges to CPEC for mutual collaboration and expanded regionalisation.