CPEC AND THE FUTURE OF THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD, CPEC is the Game Changer Project.

  

CPEC AND THE FUTURE OF THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD

CPEC is the Game Changer Project

 

The development of alternative governance systems such as BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are central to the multipolar initiatives to reform the world system, but what's needed most of all is to integrate the Afro-Eurasian countries of the Eastern Hemisphere into a win-win network of real sector economic relations. China's solution to this pressing need is as One Belt, One Road (OBOR) global vision of New Silk Road connectivity which aims to construct a series of multipolar transnational connective infrastructure projects designed to do just that

The most important Silk Road project is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). which is a $62 billion investment (and counting) that seeks to connect East Asia with South Asia by means of a non-Malacca mainland trade passage Upon full completion, CPEC will be a geopolitical game-changer for the simple reason that it will provide China with an alternative to the South China Sea and Strait of Malacca, thereby making it impossible for the troublesome US Navy to control the PRC's trade routes via maritime manipulations in these two aforementioned chokepoints. This, in turn, will allow China to trade more freely with its Western European, Mideast, and African partners and therefore advance its globally transformative vision of New Silk Road connectivity which lies at the heart of structurally reforming the unipolar-controlled global system

While China is indeed streamlining other mainland corridors across Eurasia and plans to outfit them with high-speed rail technology, they each run the risk of being disrupted, controlled or influenced by the externally-provoked, identity-driven conflicts of Hybrid Wars. The same can be said for CPEC, too, but it's much easier to manage these disturbances in the two transit states of China and Pakistan than it is to do so all across the Eurasian landmass. This makes CPEC the most solid and dependable New Silk Road investment from a security standpoint, which is doubly understandable, if geostrategic seriousness of this project is acknowledged

CPEC doesn't just connect China to the Indian Ocean, but also lays the groundwork for Pakistan to function as the zipper of Eurasia in linking together a series of Eurasian economic blocs. CPEC actually holds the promise of "zipping" the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union. China, Iran and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)-member Pakistan together in economically strengthening the SCO and subsequently enhancing the viability of the emerging Multipolar World Order.

Accepting that CPEC hold the realistic possibility of connecting Europe, the Arab countries, and Africa with their SCO counterparts, then it's foreseeable that a convergence of civilizations will take place on Pakistani territory which could consequently counter the divide and-rule blueprint of a "Clash of Civilizations."

Cognizant of the irreplaceable significance of the Indian Ocean and appreciating the dual roles that CPEC is poised to play as the zipper of Eurasia and convergence of civilizations, it's reasonable to assert that the present century is an Indo-Pacific one and that Pakistan sits right in the middle of the most influential global processes.

It is important that these concepts are not hyperbolic slogans reasoning behind each one.

To succinctly explain, the expansion of transport connectivity generally equates to an improvement in economic relations between all related parties which come to employ the said route, which thereby justifies the zipper of Eurasia paradigm.

Concerning the convergence of civilizations, any company could be interested in relocating their production facilities to Pakistan in order to achieve equidistance between their pan-Eastern Hemispheric suppliers and consumers, as well as to cut down on related transport and labour costs.

Manufacturing, assembly or sales outposts in South Asia could make it much easier to balance commercial connectivity between Western Europe and East Asia, as well as to, in principle, acquire access to SAARC (provided that political-administrative roadblocks can be surmounted).

CPEC is also importantly located midway between the booming East African marketplace and China's East Asian manufacturing coast, so it can additionally be utilized by either of these sides or interested third-party partners to facilitate trade between this emerging economic axis.

 Altogether, the crisscrossing trade networks in the Indian Ocean and CPEC's central location in enabling all of this adds credence to the argument that the world is moving toward an Indo-Pacific century which will see South Asia become the focal point of global geopolitics and Economic competition.

Having acquired familiarity with the driving logic behind CPEC and its salience to the New Cold War, it's now time to comprehend as to how this game-changing project is slated to contribute to the bolstering of the BRICS bloc and the consequent promotion of the emerging Multipolar World Order.

Chief economist with the Eurasian Development Bank and Program Director of the Valdai Discussion Club Yaroslav Lissovolik published a thought-provoking policy proposal in February titled "Re-Thinking the BRICS: on The Concepts of BRICS+ and BRICS+1,"in which he elaborated on the most feasible prospects for broadening the five-member BRICS partnerships into a truly global multipolar platform. Soon thereafter, China proposed its own concept of "BRICS-Plus" which it vaguely alluded to as being composed of key OBOR partners, thereby strongly inferring that Pakistan and CPEC (the largest Silk Road investment) would naturally be involved.

China's OBOR vision of global New Silk Road connectivity recently received official UNSC backing in mid-March, and this has set the stage for Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative summit (BRI, another name for OBOR) in May which was attended by dozens of world leaders including President Putin and Ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Either way, China and its multitude of partners won't be dissuaded from continuing their breakneck progress on OBOR just because two spoilsports are against this series of initiatives, and there's a strong likelihood that Beijing will make the New Silk Road and BRICS+ concepts the tangible manifestation of the four themes that the people’s republic plans to promote during the  11^th BRICS Summit which will held in November 2019 Accordingly, there's no escaping the bet that CPEC is primed to steal the show in such a scenario due to in previously explained geostrategic significance, so it's fair to state that this New Suk Road project will form the inseparable spine of BRICS and thenceforth the future of the multipole world

 

This makes it all the more curious why more people aren't up to speed about CPEC and its pertinence in catalyzing the global transition from unipolarity to multipolarity, but this lack of awareness can likely be attributable to the ongoing info war campaign being waged by Chins and Pakistan's rivals and which is designed to suppress any objective information about this ambitious undertaking Nevertheless, Clone seems ready to bring CPEC to the forefront of the elf’s mainstream attention during the upcoming BRI and BRICS Summits, at which one this project is expected to be debuted as the cornerstone of the equitable and just alternative world system that China and its partners are constructing

In every which way, the future of the multipolar world depends on CPEC, and given the strong global support that this initiative is receiving it's safe to say that the future ties in good hands. CPEC is a project of DRI (Belt and Road Initiative) and is thought to be the game changer for Pakistan and its being proven with the passage of time to be the game changer for entire region. Neighboring countries are taking interests to join this 62 billion dollars project (as of 2018) seeking its completion in 2030?

 

Is CPEC becoming another East India Company?

Pakistan and China are all weather and time tested friends. CPEC is a fusion of Vision 2025 and China's One-Belt One-Road philosophy. This is not the first time we are partnering in any front. We had been tied into strategic partnership for decades. CPEC brings forth a transformational paradigm, moving from geo- strategic to geo- economic partnership between the two countries China's huge investment in energy, infrastructure and suggested industrial sectors doesn't provides any extra ordinary mileage to either of the partnering countries rather it offers win-win situation and equal opportunities to both China and Pakistan. Hence, no question to compare CPEC with East India Company China is putting into loss of sincere efforts to help Pakistan to improve socio-economic indicators in Pakistan

In 18th century, Indo-Pak GDF share was quite higher as compared to Britain's share in global GDP. This was the main attraction to capture the higher share, however at this moment Chins is holding the largest share in global GDP, Ls 19.24% (USD, PPP) Whereas, Pakistan is at 084% (USD GDP)

We might be able to better understand how Chins operates by looking towards is involvement in other regions, specifically Africa. While East India Company cemented in power in the subcontinent through brutal force and with no regard to the well-being of local population, China's approach has been to expand its influence around the globe through economic prosperity rather than military might.