China's Strategic Access to Gwadar Port: Pivotal Position in Belt and Road

• Main Author: Chaturvedy, Rajeev Ranjan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84832; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42008
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The vital role of ports to both security and development has enabled Pakistan and China to blur the distinction between economic and military purposes. The development of the Gwadar Port seeks to introduce economic progress while improving both their strategic environment in the Indian Ocean.