Cipher Brief Analysis: The Pakistan Problem

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan recently returned from China without the concrete funding assurances that he was seeking in order to keep his country from having to request a second bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Pakistan has repeatedly turned to China and Saudi Arabia for financial assistance, while the U.S. has withdrawn aid, most recently cancelling $300m, claiming that Islamabad has not done enough to root out militants operating along its border with Afghanistan.

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