The current standoff between the United States and China suggests that they have entered the first phase of a strategic competition from which it will not be possible for either to withdraw easily if the strategic consensus hardens irrevocably in favour of its continuation till the strategic defeat of the other.
As a result, the Asia Pacific, Central Asia, Middle East and South Asian regions will experience the fallout of any escalation.
This was suggested on Wednesday by policy experts during a webinar on “The Regional Impact of Emerging Great-Power Dynamics”. The webinar had been hosted by the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS).
Former vice chief of Naval Staff and a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Vice Admiral (retired) Khan Hasham Bin Saddique said that the strategic neologism of the Indo-Pacific was aimed at containing China’s increasing maritime power, especially its enhanced Anti-Access - Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2020.
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