Dr. Muhammad Jahanzaib’s book argues that Pakistan’s post-2008 foreign policy marks an incomplete yet clear shift from pure geopolitics toward geo-economics. Through neo-liberal and complex interdependence lenses, interviews and data on initiatives and bilateral ties, it shows security and economic interests remain intertwined rather than sequential.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan corridor is vulnerable to Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML), and this vulnerability lies in its design. There is weak inspection and data sharing mechanism related to customs and trade, and a porous border. Due to political rivalry, the reform stays stuck. The problem is structural.
Pakistan and India share the same rivers and monsoons, but Pakistan lacks the water storage capacity coming from India and the treaty that gave it stability has broken down.
Cyber threats lie under the umbrella of hybrid warfare. On top of a domestic security record that has already failed; the rapidly expanding CPEC and other digital infrastructure (foreign-built,
Pakistan’s shift from geostrategic to geo-economics is real in its intent but built on centralized, military-led mechanisms like SIFC, which
