How a US Mistake Handed Pakistan’s Arms Market to China
US policies in 2016-2017 prompted Pakistani defence planners to largely shut American - and many European - vendors out of the Pakistani defence market.
Bilal Khan
Founder of Quwa, Bilal has been researching Pakistani defence industry and security issues for over 15 years. His work has been cited by Pakistan's National Defence University (NDU), the Council of Foreign Relations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Centre of Airpower Studies and many others. He has a Hons. B.A in Political Science and Masters of Interntional Public Policy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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