Alyssa Ayres: Balancing Act and Trade Threats

alyssa ayres: Pompeo will have to perform a tricky balancing act, analysts say, as Pakistan is fast falling within China's sphere of influence and its arch-rival India is smarting over a series of trade threats and insults from President Donald Trump, according to CNN. US-Pakistan ties have deteriorated significantly, said Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The visit comes as the US tilts away from Pakistan, while deepening strategic and economic ties with India in a bid to counter China's increasing influence in the Indo-Pacific region -- Pompeo's preferred term for the area that stretches from the west coast of the United States to the west coast of India. US patience across parties has grown thin. On US-India relations, Ayres added that the unprecedented degree to which President Trump focuses on at times arbitrary and even trivial economic issues to measure the health of foreign relations has created new uncertainty. use strict';CNN. Videx CNN. Videx ;CNN. Videx.mobile function data Obj 'use strict';var 'unmute ' data Obj ;if 'fave' player Instance null; else player Instance container Id && null; is Player Mute typeof data Obj.muted 'boolean' data Obj.muted false;if && player Property Obj player Property Obj.mute && if is Player Mute false unmuteCTA unmuteCTA.length 0 0;if remember Time 0 remember Time 360 / 'X', remember Time ; else function 'use strict';var vid EndSlate.length 0 CNN.auto Play Video Exist true true false;var config Obj thumb 'none',video '100%',height '100%',section 'domestic',profile 'expansion',network 'cnn',markup Id allow Native Fullscreen trueadsection '100%',frame Height '',is Live Player false,next Video Id '',next Video Url '',turn OnFlash Messaging CNN.auto Play Video Exist false auto Start Video false;if auto Start Video true if turn OnFlash Messaging true auto Start Video false;container El else CNN.auto Play Video Exist false auto Start Video, is Live Player, is Video Replay Clicked, new var i,vid Obj;if current Video Id && && 0 for i 0; i i vid Obj typeof vid Obj ! 'undefined' && vid Obj.video Id current Video Id if i - 1 next Video Id current Video Collection i 1 .video Id;next Video Url current Video Collection i 1 .video Url; else next Video Id !next Video Url next Video Id window.jsmd && window.jsmd.v && window.jsmd.v.eVar60 ' 1' ; else next Video Id '';next Video Url container Id var next Video Url move ToNext Timeout set Timeout function location.href next Video Url; next Video Play Timeout ; else end Slate end Slate.length 0 mobile Pinned View on Player Ready function container Id var ' ' &&Modernizr && Modernizr.phone Modernizr.mobile Modernizr.tablet 'fave' 0 'article' player Instance new false,transition function function function if mobile Pinned View function Storing pinned view on So that all players can see the single pinned player /CNN. Videx CNN. Videx ;CNN. Videx.mobile CNN. Videx.mobile mobile Pinned View; if Modernizr && !Modernizr.phone && !Modernizr.mobile && !Modernizr.tablet if video Pinner new else function container Id, player Id, contentid, is Queue function container Id, player Id, video Id, paused if mobile Pinned View function container Id, player Id, metadata, content Id, duration, width, height var end Slate Len metadata ;if end Slate Len 0 function container Id, cvp Id, token, mode, id, duration, block Id, ad Type / Dismissing the pinned Player if another video players plays an Ad Modernizr && !Modernizr.phone && !Modernizr.mobile && !Modernizr.tablet if typeof video Pinner ! 'undefined' && video Pinner ! null function container Id, player Id, token, mode, id, duration, block Id, ad Type, instance, is AdPause if mobile Pinned View function container Id, Player Id, data Obj data Obj ;if mobile Pinned View &&typeof data Obj 'object' &&FAVE. Utils.os 'iOS' && !data Obj.fullscreen function container Id, cvp Id, event var CNNpanion && typeof 'function' Modernizr && !Modernizr.phone && !Modernizr.mobile && !Modernizr.tablet if typeof video Pinner ! 'undefined' && video Pinner ! null function container Id, cvp Id, content Id if Modernizr && !Modernizr.phone && !Modernizr.mobile && !Modernizr.tablet if typeof video Pinner ! 'undefined' && video Pinner ! null end Slate end Slate.length 0 function container Id, cvp Id, content Id if mobile Pinned View Dismissing the pinned Player if another video players plays a video. Pakistanis generally believe that the United States is a fair-weather friend, in contrast to the 'all-weather' friendship of China. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.