Stryker1982
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Pakistan is in such a interesting predicament at the moment. First, It wants to keep good relations with the U.S but understand's China is a neighboring state and is more vital for economic and military/security reasons.
With the U.S probably taking a more anti-china stance than ever before, the U.S wants to build a stronger network of allies to counter and contain china in the region. Encouraging Japan to militarize once more is a strong bulwark against that, using Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam and South Korea to achieve this goal is something they have been doing already but the U.S hasn't pressured these countries to highly to militarize themselves as they rely on U.S protection. But that is just the West, the U.S shifting focus towards India is a major step at isolating China from American consumerism. The biggest customer for China are Americans, and exporting the product and manufacturing to India is a way to destroy China's customer base.
Pakistan is an important ally to China and so it will be difficult for the U.S to be able to pull India and Pakistan together against China and their isn't much incentive for Pakistan to do so either. I believe the U.S and China will eventually force Pakistan into taking sides on which relation it would like to expand as the other will inevitably decline. Pakistan is in a tough spot here.
With the U.S probably taking a more anti-china stance than ever before, the U.S wants to build a stronger network of allies to counter and contain china in the region. Encouraging Japan to militarize once more is a strong bulwark against that, using Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam and South Korea to achieve this goal is something they have been doing already but the U.S hasn't pressured these countries to highly to militarize themselves as they rely on U.S protection. But that is just the West, the U.S shifting focus towards India is a major step at isolating China from American consumerism. The biggest customer for China are Americans, and exporting the product and manufacturing to India is a way to destroy China's customer base.
Pakistan is an important ally to China and so it will be difficult for the U.S to be able to pull India and Pakistan together against China and their isn't much incentive for Pakistan to do so either. I believe the U.S and China will eventually force Pakistan into taking sides on which relation it would like to expand as the other will inevitably decline. Pakistan is in a tough spot here.