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Transnational Economic Growth[1]
depends on variables such as economic productivity and political capacity of
states to extract resources from transnational territory at all levels of
production. These variables depend on security structures working at the local,
regional, national and international levels. Multinational corporations and
many countries like China are working in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan to
develop its resources for economic and strategic purposes. However, of all
foreign nationals, it is the Chinese workers who are most often targeted and
killed in this province.
This paper will explore the dynamics
of economic cooperation versus obstruction politics for the development of
Balochistan vis-à-vis Pak-China cooperation. Specifically, it will try to
address the following questions:
- How is Pakistan’s security situation central to
its economic development?
- Why are Chinese nationals working on development
projects in Balochistan being targeted and killed?
- How can the security situation in Balochistan be
improved for economic development?
These questions are important to
address since economic development of Balochistan is important for the overall
development of Pakistan. The study recommends external help given Pakistan’s
descending economic performance.
[1]
While ‘transnational’ is an oft-quoted term, the phrase ‘Transnational Economic
Growth’ has been coined by the author after studying R.S. Ross and Zhu Feng’s
(eds.) 2008 China’s ascent: Power, security and the future of international
politics published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
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