Publication

Jan 2012

This paper analyzes the political, economic and military dimensions of the threat Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)-based militants pose to China's core interests. The Turkistani Islamic Party (TIP), which appointed a Chinese Uyghur as their leader and Al-Qaeda threaten to destabilize Xinjiang if Islamabad fails to control its militants, argues the author. Changing security pressures may lead Beijing to diverge from its previous policy of 'nonintervention'.

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Author Christina Lin
Series ISPSW Publications
Issue 175
Publisher Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
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