Political Implications of Gwadar Port & Its Prospects in Persian Gulf

Abstract

Abstract:

The Port of Gwadar is the gateway to the three most strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia, with the potential to transform South Asia's geopolitics. Gwadar's deep seaport provides important strategic and financial advantages to Pakistan because of its major position at the mouth of the Arabian sea and the world's most important oil chokepoint  Straits of Hormuz. Gwadar Port has exploded into controversy as it threatens the economies and the political interest of some regional and extra-regional countries. In Gwadar Port, China intends to improve its relationship with Pakistan to maintain and retain its routes of crude oil imports and extending its links to the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. Pakistan and China need a forward-looking plan to involve the regional countries to ensure the initiative's most promising outcome. This paper explores political implications of Gwader port & its prospects in Persian Gulf