Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Elizabeth Van Wie Davis : What to Know About Asian Geopolitics

Elizabeth Van Wie Davis lived and worked in Asia for many years. She’s collaborated with the United States government on issues related to Asia and has briefed many US senators, top US military officers and senior government officials on issues concerning Asia and China. As such, she has extensive knowledge of the changing nature of Asian geopolitics.

One of the priority issues for many Asian countries is security. With terrorism and insurgency rising in different parts of the world, Asian states have realized that it’s important to cooperate to ensure safety. As a result, countries like China and Pakistan have increasingly found it easy to work together towards sharing security intelligence with a view towards stemming insecurity before it stifles economic development.

The Sino-Pakistan alliance is growing stronger by the day, given by the existence of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that addressed the multidimensional interests of both nations. It’s an alliance that has seemingly attracted the interest of even the Russians, who look to court Pakistan at a political and economic level. What this leads to is an interesting relationship that is sure to get each country’s neighbors wanting to get involved.

Elizabeth Van Wie Davis’ book, Islam, Oil and Geopolitics offers insights on how energy resources have impacted policies of various Asian states, including China and Russia.