Nian Peng&Khurram Abbas, “A Preliminary Study on the Foreign Policy of the New Pakistani Government”, Peace and Development, Vol.187, No.3, 2022, pp. 97-114.

Abstracts: This paper analyzes the trend of Pakistan’s foreign policy from the perspective of the realistic challenges facing the new Pakistani government and the policy preferences of the new Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The study concluded that Pakistan’s new government faces serious internal challenges and that dealing with domestic affairs is its top priority rather than foreign affairs. Therefore, continuity will dominate Pakistan’s future foreign policy. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shahbaz’s policy preference for economic development and his pragmatic and flexible governing style will also bring new changes to Pakistan’s foreign policy. To be specific, the new Pakistani government will consolidate its all-weather friendly relations with China and accelerate the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; repair relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states and restore their close economic ties; try to reach out to India to ease the deadlock between the two countries; and adjust hostile policy towards the US and improve Pakistan-US relations. 

RCAS Paper 8.29.pdf