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Is Pakistan the Canary in China’s BRI Coal Mine?

Does this trouble suggest that Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative will fail?
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Is Pakistan the Canary in China’s BRI Coal Mine?
A man rides a bike past an installation of the logo of the Belt and Road Forum along a street in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2023. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Pakistan is failing, in large part because of its close association with Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”