BRI's miracle.

It was a moment to rejoice as the Belt and Road Initiative has made progress in leaps and bounds. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar rightly summarized it by saying that the connectivity spree is more than just physical infrastructure; and 'it is about connecting people, cultures, and civilizations'. With China emerging as the main trading partner of more than 140 countries with trillions of dollars of soft investment in people-centric developmental spheres, it has changed the premise of realpolitik. Beijing has ushered in an era of commonality of interests by virtue of geo-economics. The balance-sheet, spread over a decade, since it was launched in 2013, testifies that it has more than 200 cooperation agreements among 150 countries and 30 international organizations, as well as a cumulative value of trade to the tune of $20 trillion, with an average annual growth rate of more than six percent.

This achievement has netted the new realism of world affairs, and for the first time countries are mulling apolitical cooperation without a stint of militarism. This is perfectly a negation of Cold War politics that bred armament race and...