What Future for the Asia Pivot Under Trump? (Karen B. Brooks, Bonnie S. Glaser, Daniel S. Markey, Michael Auslin, Aaron Connelly, Eleanor Albert, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/future-asia-pivot-under-trump/p38581

Behind China’s Gambit in Pakistan (Daniel S. Markey, James West, CFR)

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is part development scheme, part strategic gambit. Although Beijing and Islamabad have been close partners for decades, the CPEC is a reflection of intensified and expanded bilateral cooperation at a time of rising Chinese geopolitical ambition and persistent concerns about Pakistan’s security and development.

The CPEC is intended to promote connectivity across Pakistan with a network of highways, railways, and pipelines accompanied by energy, industrial, and other infrastructure development projects to address critical energy shortages needed to boost Pakistan’s economic growth. Eventually, the CPEC will also facilitate trade along an overland route that connects China to the Indian Ocean, linking the Chinese city of Kashgar to the Pakistani port of Gwadar

http://www.cfr.org/pakistan/behind-chinas-gambit-pakistan/p37855

Stop Writing Pakistan Blank Checks (Daniel S. Markey, CFR)

http://www.cfr.org/pakistan/stop-writing-pakistan-blank-checks/p37553