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A really good summary with respect to the roads that are present ahead. Point 3 however would have a high blowback from PRC.
Conceded and you have valid point there. However, one must see who wants what more than the other. Indian are really good at playing this game. We on the other hand think in terms of all or nothing. Gawader or the Central Asian/Western China Land access is a card that can be played against atleast three players, US, China and UAE/KSA (Yes UAE specially, since a vibrant and fully functional Gawader will bring down the value of Jabel Ali....therefore UAE does play a low key role in Baluchistan's instability...believe it or not!)
Keep things simmering and leverage Gawader to maximize funding or support for other linked or Pak priority projects and engage KSA/UAE on projects/adventures of their interests. Share your insurgency experience help them train their forces and house some of your troops there to defend the realm (btw Koreans have almost a brigade stationed in UAE!!!). Let KSA/UAE pay for this and a lot more in return for our cooperation. And leverage this engagement to help tame the world bully, somewhat. This is all doable and digestible at home.
Retch up border security talks with Iran and their role in Baluch insurgency. This is not for US but for our sake's. Take a tough stand on this and other incursions/meddling that they do on and off in our internal affairs. We need to talk tough with them...they have been helping the Indians against us thru Kulbashan incident and Chabahar as a competing port and strategic foothold for IN etc.. These are real issues that we have with Iran but we keep this at the back burner. The pot is simmering and will boil over very soon. Need to be tough on our sovereignty with them. Do remember they support the present Govt. in Afghanistan...which is at logger head with us. This and other such steps to secure Pakistan from the west will have spillover dividends from USA/KSA/UAE. Mind you we will be doing this purely for Pakistan and should have done this earlier. Package it properly even though it is a genuine issue and people of Pakistan will support it.
We are already trying to establish and engage with the Indians to settle the Kashmir and water issue but this time around they are not playing and now demanding our side of Kashmir and lands down to Muree as part of old Princely State of Kashmir!!
As far as Israel is concerned....you will be surprised how we have worked with them, behind the scene, on some matters of national defense.
Generally, posters here take me wrong....I am not a proponent of US but advocating a pragmatic approach to our problems. We as Pakistanis tend to play zero sum games!! There need not be a zero sum game play. We need to think clearly and look towards a long term view of regional politics. What is good for us, in short term, loans that have to be repaid with markup, access to oil through deffer-ed payments, or outright Aid??? Is it good for us to buy armaments on soft loans or get them for free or partially paid for and with better technology???
We have made a hash of utilizing funding from many sources for many years including outright write off of loans, outright cash aid, tied to project aid, direct project funding etc...... Let us not blame others for not doing what we should have been doing in the first place...using these funds for social uplift projects, creating jobs, setting up world class educational institutions and setting up indigenous production of precision engineering equipment. Corruption, greed, nepotism, selfishness was not imported it was home grown..we are to be blamed for it and no other!!!
Set aside, rhetoric, 5th generation warfare and all is being faced by all countries due to social and open media etc. so no big deal there. Big deal is to make sane and balanced decisions based upon our and only our needs and priorities. Countries have ups and downs in their relationship with each other... Korea/Japan, Japan/US, Germany/US, France/US the list goes on. The trick is to weather the storm and make steady headway towards ones goal without sinking ones own boat in the process!!