China, India & Pakistan strategic triangle – the Pakistan factor in Sino-Indian relations

Abstract

ABSTRACT World affairs in the twenty-first century has witnessed the formation of many geostrategic alliances that has diverted the global focus from the west to the east. In this context, the China, India and Pakistan relationship seems to be possessing a strategic triangle characteristic. In this article it is posited that the relationship between China, India and Pakistan is marked by the conditions that would fulfil a strategic triangle. In this essay, the focus is to provide an argument that the relationship between Indian, China and Pakistan constitutes a strategic triangle.