Alliances Shifting in South Asia: India-US Versus China-Pakistan

CPEC is destabilizing South Asia

Boats at the Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea. China Overseas Ports Holding Company is leasing the port until 2059 and has already started expanding it. China has been looking to secure sea trading lanes along the so-called Maritime Silk Road, and the Pakistani port is an important piece in the puzzle. J. Patrick Fischer/CC BY-SA

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India is preparing to fight a war on two fronts, while Pakistan is discovering that the cost of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) includes crippling debt, loss of U.S. alliance, and potential conflict with India.