The Domestic Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan

Professor C Raja Mohan

20190124

About the Seminar Following the election of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, the question of whether Pakistan’s relations with China would change was at the forefront of international concern. Some analysts also questioned whether Khan would be able to maintain the ‘all-weather’ friendship with the Chinese government, given his previous concerns about the uneven implementation of Chinese projects in Pakistan. This presentation, (co-authored with Dr Filippo Boni), analyses the domestic implications of China’s investment in the country and assesses whether Khan’s claims about the unevenness of its implementation have merit. It then assesses whether any major changes are expected under his premiership.   About the Speaker Professor Katharine Adeney is Director of the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute, and Editor of Asia Dialogue its online journal. Her principal research interests include elections and democracy in South Asia, the politics of majoritarian nationalism in South Asia; and the politics of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. She was Lead Consultant for the Forum of Federations’ program in Pakistan which ran between 2009 and 2011, funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has published extensively on South Asia, including Democracy in South Asia: Getting Beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy, Political Studies 52, no. 1 (2004): 1-18 (with Andrew Wyatt); Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan (Palgrave Macmillan 2007) and A Move to Majoritarian Nationalism? Challenges of Representation in South Asia, Representation 50, no. 1 (2015): 7-21. She tweets at @katadeney.   Introductory Remarks Professor C Raja Mohan Director Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS   ISAS Seminar The Domestic Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan Professor Katharine Adeney Director, Asia Research Institute The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom   Chairperson Professor C Raja Mohan Director Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS Interactive Session with Professor Katharine Adeney