Global Power Dynamics and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

Author: Basil Farooqui-PSP

Outline

1. Introduction:

Thesis Statement: Global power dynamics have changed drastically since the Fall of Kabul due to multiple powerful stakeholders involved. Pakistan, however, has calibrated its foreign policy for an effective and coordinated national response.

2. Pakistan Foreign Policy and the changing Global Power Dynamics.

3. Recent Trends in the Global Power Dynamics.

i. Fall of Kabul and its impacts of USA’s global hegemony
ii. Growing rooms for China amid power vacuum in Afghanistan
iii. Russia’s growing influence and the utility in the region
iv. USA’s struggle to hold on to power: Beyond the horizon
v. Countering China via South China Sea and Taiwan
vi. Side-lining Russia’s growth through NATO
vii. Hypersonic weapons: A dangerous show of Global Power
viii. Middle East’s effort to be in the game utilizing Afghanistan
ix. Power fluctuation in South Asia: India’s changing utility
x. Preventing military from power gain to protect Global Powers

4. Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Response

i. Ensuring stability in Afghanistan for safe power dynamics
ii. Creating goodwill to protect Pakistan-US relations
iii. Increasing cooperation among global power using Afghanistan: Troika Plus
iv. Keeping up with the East and the West
v. Shifting from Geo-Strategic to Geo-Economics role

5. Conclusion