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Pakistan’s power move is to say ‘yes’ to everyone
Islamabad’s adroit response to a multipolar world is to give every pole a stake.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sept 2.
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Pakistan’s leaders have worked out how to manage two rival superpowers in a way that seems to have escaped much more stable nations. They’re promising the US a foothold in the economy that doesn’t step on China’s – and vice versa.
Their response to a multipolar world is to give every pole a stake.
