You are correct that it is time for the U.S. to revise its policy with Pakistan. Two points made in the article by Fair and Ganguly might be the place for the U.S. to start. First, the U.S. should make it clear that Pakistan will be held accountable for any of their nuclear material that ends up in the hands of the militant non-state actors. If violated, this could result in airstrikes to their nuclear facilities (Fair, Ganguly). The second is for the U.S. to make it clear that it will not intervene to de-escalate any future terror attacks against India. Letting India decide how to deal with Pakistan should be their decision without U.S influence (Fair, Ganguly). These are not silver bullets by any means, but they could be a place to start.
The Americans became a friend of Pakistan because those days Russia was their main enemy. The crisis of war united some countries. In my opinion, the destinies of those mini-states were concerned with the war between two superpower. Poor and backward countries were all became victims of the conflict. Pakistan used war tactics to teach math at that time because they wanted their offspring to understand the cruelty of war and warned their future generations to become stronger. Because the change of position in the international energy supply chain, the civil strife in Iraq rise in oil prices allowed the United States gained a lot of advantages from it. The higher price made America more investment in oil development and corresponding employment,
Since 1968, US policy towards nuclear weapon has been towards non-proliferation ⁽¹⁾. The US is one of the few countries who boast the capacity to have nuclear weapons, but ironically or
During the second week of July, 1971, Kissinger arrived in Beijing, where he heard the words by then Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai: “In our opinion, if India continues on its present course in disregard of world opinion, it will continue to go on recklessly. We, however, support the stand of Pakistan. This is known to the world. If the Indians are bent on provoking such a situation, then we cannot sit idly by. On this, Kissinger responded that China should know that the US also backs Pakistan on this issue. Indira Gandhi, the Indian prime minister in those times decided to tour most of the Western capitals to prove Indian stand and gain support and sympathy for the Bengalis of East Pakistan. On November 4th and 5th she met Nixon in Washington. Nixon straightforwardly told her that a new war in the subcontinent was out of the question.The next day, Nixon and Kissinger assessed the situation. Kissinger told Nixon: The Indians are” bastards”anyway. They are plotting a war. On December 4, just one day after Pakistan raided Indian airfields in Kashmir and Punjab declaring war on India, America’s proxy involvement in the war was becoming clear. Thinking that the Soviet Union might enter the war if they come to know this, which could cause a lot of destruction to Pakistan and American equipment given to Pakistan, US ambassador to the United Nations George H W Bush [later 41st president of the United States and father of George Bush] introduced a resolution in the UN Security Council, calling for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of armed forces by India and
Many of these commanders had well-documented records of human rights abuses in Afghanistan’s post-Soviet civil war.” (Watch)The United States continued to provide billions to Pakistan even after finding out that the Pakistan government harbored Osama Bin Laden. If the U.S. is going to use the reason that they believe introducing democracies will reduce terrorism it is hypocritical when its supporting warlords in the other part of the world. This also brings out the second problem with the United States forcefully changing regimes, it inevitably supports rogue elemets to achieve it. This further destablieses the region and leaves the country worse of then it
I think it is reasonable for Pakistanis to hold such view of the clandestine operation by the American SEALs. What was unethical was that America acted alone and secretly raided Pakistan without informing the local political army, and this is why Pakistanis are distrustful of the Americans. Osama bin Laden was found and shot in Pakistan, and Pakistan suffered the heavy losses in the war; therefore, the Pakistani military had the right to know and take part in the event. The reason why Americans did not trust the Pakistani people is that they thought Pakistanis were incompetent, and some of them might tip off bin Laden. According to this event, US-Pakistan relationship would curdle as they distrusted each other. I never believe that peace can
The purpose for this memo is to address the recent nuclear weapon testing done by Saudi Arabia. In the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) the state Saudi Arabia acceded on October 3rd, 1988. With the current decision to run nuclear weapon testing they have gone against this treaty they had previously agreed upon. Due to concern in the past about nuclear weapons being purchased from outside sources by Saudi Arabia we need to address the current problem caustically. I propose a couple alternatives to redress this issue: (1) we hold off on sending military troops into action, (2) get the current studies on the nuclear proliferation in that area, and (3) address Saudi Arabia about the reasoning for sudden nuclear weapon testing.
I do not think our team realized that Pakistan relied heavily on the monetary aid that received from the United States. We did not do a cost-benefit analysis of how our actions could potentially create major problems for the economic wellbeing of our country. While Pakistan wants to end the war, it would not sacrifice their own wellbeing and security for anything. It would be against Pakistan’s good judgment and religious values to create a relationship with the Soviet Union. It would have been in Pakistan’s favor to maintain good relations with the US, accept humanitarian aid for the refugees and to condemn the USSR’s interference in Afghanistan by supporting a communist regime in and their subsequent
This essay attempts to shed some light on the question: "To what extent can the Cold War be looked upon as the main event in shaping the political, economic and military schemes in India and Pakistan 1991?" It starts off by explaining the Cold War, its far reaching implications and the effect it had on two bitter neighbours, India and Pakistan. The focus of the essay then moves onto explaining the nature of the Cold War and its effect upon
The India and Pakistan conflict remains one of the most unfaltering and unresolved conflicts of our time. Since the birth of the nation in 1947, conflict ensued over religion and territory dividing the great nation into two independent states, today known as India and Pakistan. The history of relations between the two nations follows an oscillating track between times of peace and resumptions of wars and crises. Conflict expanded to encompass a broad range of issues from terrorism to a nuclear arms race through the history of these nations. Having engaged in four wars over six decades the countries still stand divided over a multitude of issues today, leading to high tensions between the borders. Through the assistance of
Recent past has also revealed the trend wherein China has been using its position as a permanent member in UNSC to block Indian endeavours, especially in the security domain , thereby not only hurting the Indian sentiments but also indirectly supporting the state sponsored terrorism in Pakistan. China should thus be engaged to ensure the end of state support to the extremists and the destruction of their safe havens in Pakistan.
Since the mid 20th century an unlikely formidable alliance had slowly began to flourish in South Asia. China and Pakistan’s alliance began in the early 1960’s through the early 1970’s when conflicts between India vs. China and Pakistan had intensified. The Sino-Indian war that took place in 1962 ended as fast as it began. Along with the war that had taken place between India and Pakistan in 1965 and in 1971 when another indo-Pakistani war erupted and East Pakistan claimed independence and is known today as Bangladesh (Hagerty, 2002). In this comparison China and Pakistan had identified their similar interests with their historical and geographical concerns in maintaining “India’s power and influence” within Southeast Asia (Federal China Security Affairs Group [FCSAG], 2010). These are known as Geo-Political interests. There are many definitions of geopolitics but this one more specifically entails “the competition over the control of territory and extraction of resources” (Jonatan, 2012) China and Pakistan have built a friendship that is, “higher than mountains, deeper than oceans, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel” (Tharoor, 2015), they are collaborating on military technologies and supporting one another’s economic interests. Although the contrasts of these two countries greatly outweigh this entente, with concerns over insurgencies in Pakistan such as it being a safe haven for the Afghani Taliban, said United States President Barack Obama in
This brings me to the reason for my rant: Pakistan 's newfound "liberal conscience." Steered by the many "brave" columnists of the English-language dailies, theirs is a revolution bent on destroying Pakistan 's "Islamist" status quo. Since I am a card-carrying coward, I will stick to mundane facts.
The war between Pakistan and India in 1965 and 1999 see also (Bose, S. 2009) has shown that India and Pakistan are increasing their military power and facing the challenges. On the other hand, China is behind the Pakistan. So India is worrying if USA and China extend their support to Pakistan and Pakistan prepares to attack Kashmir. Indian central politics are also responsible for improving Kashmir case. Sonia Gandhi (leader of Indian Congress) is a liberal and her party wants a dialogue with Kashmir and Pakistan both.
On 29th September 2016, the Indian army carried out surgical strikes against a number of positions along the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir in response to a militant attack in Uri eleven days earlier. The Indian military response is unprecedented, as India has historically responded to Pakistan’s support for militancy in the subcontinent through diplomatic channels. Even after the Mumbai attacks, which claimed the lives of 166 civilians, Indian officials published a 69 page dossier detailing the involvement of Pakistani state-agencies, and the government responded by pressurizing Pakistan on the international front, rather than attempting military action (Rabasa 2009, 12-14).
Since Pakistan emerged on the map of the world sixty-seven years ago in 1947, its existence have been marked by many ups and downs that includes initial problems faced at its emergence, cold relations with India over border disputes and Kashmir Issue. Moreover wars fought with India in 1965 and 1971 which led to partition of East and West Pakistan. Administration was weak as Prime Ministers and Presidents were changing very frequently without any significant progress and policy makers were having hard time in making decisions. In this scenario our international relations also played a pivotal role in policy making. Pakistan location had an important role in determining its fate, as positioned next to India proved to be distressing for Pakistan due to their distrusting relationship. Secondly being a neighbor to Afghanistan led to problems later on when Pakistan was used by USA to fight USSR in Afghanistan which led to cold relations with USSR. However China was friendly towards Pakistan from beginning and their relationship became stronger by focusing on trade and investment. Pakistan became a member of United Nations on 30 Sept 1947 and became nuclear power in government of Z.A Bhutto when he encouraged people to make an atom bomb that saved Pakistan from an Indian or any external invasion throughout its years and due to this strong power we are still Independent and safe from