{"id":485374,"date":"2025-10-09T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/485374\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:07:18","slug":"pakistans-balancing-act-between-the-united-states-and-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/485374\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Balancing Act Between the United States and China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Amid the intensifying U.S.-China competition, Pakistan occupies a unique geopolitical position: It is the only country that maintains deep, long-standing relations with both Washington and Beijing, so it is balancing the two accordingly \u2013 a process made possible by America\u2019s need to reach an accommodation with China. 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We empower you to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalfutures.com\/author\/kbokhari\/\" aria-label=\"author-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kamran Bokhari\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kamran-bokhari_avatar-96x96.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a>Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security &amp; Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy &amp; Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa\u2019s Professional Development Institute. 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