Cipher Brief Analysis: The Pakistan Problem

Render of a chessboard with pieces decorated with the USA and Pakistani flags. A king is advanced from both sides. Viewed from the Pakistan side, which has only one piece on the board.

Posted: November 7th, 2018

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Pakistan has repeatedly turned to China and Saudi Arabia for financial assistance, while the U.S. has withdrawn aid, most recently cancelling $300m, claiming that Islamabad has not done enough to root out militants operating along its border with Afghanistan.

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Cipher Brief Analysis: The Pakistan Problem

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