CHINA-US: AMERICA'S NEW PAK-AFGHANISTAN POLICY

The People's Daily, offficial mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on August 24, 2017, quoted Li Yan, Assistant Director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), and Wang Shida, Assistant Director of CICIR's Institute of South and Southeast Asian and Oceanian Studies, as listing three main impacts of 'the new Afghanistan strategy introduced by US President Donald Trump' and said this might mean changes to its global strategy'. They assessed that (i) Trump's plan might mean warfare in Afghanistan will be escalated and that U.S. forces in Afghanistan will focus on counter-terrorism, which means that more military actions against the Taliban and ISIS in the country are likely; (ii) The balance of power in South Asia will be broken by America's action to pressure Pakistan to shut down terrorist sanctuaries that line its border with Afghanistan and ally India; and (iii) Pakistan may encounter heavier pressure and tougher foreign and security policies from India and other neighboring countries as a result of the strategy, thus affecting the peace and stability of South Asia. The two experts said Counterterrorism has been placed high on the list of U.S. global strategy since Trump assumed the presidency, adding that the Afghan issue is likely to be a significant factor that influences Trump's global strategy. 





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