ID | 114628 |
Title Proper | Challenges in India-Pakistan relations |
Language | ENG |
Author | Tennyson, K N |
Publication | 2012. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | The politics of the Southern Asia region is mainly influenced by the political developments that take place in the two neighbouring Southern Asian countries, India and Pakistan. However, IndoPak relations have never been stable; rather, they have fluctuated from acrimony to cooperation and vice versa. Since the partition of the Indian subcontinent, relations between the two neighbouring countries have been defined by a host of post-partition political problems and crises like the border dispute, Kashmir dispute, water dispute, etc. The emergence of the Cold War politics in the Indian subcontinent further aggravated the acrimonious relations between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani leaders have never reconciled the grievances of the post-partition political problems, especially on the Kashmir issue; thus, they consider India as the 'biggest threat' to their existence. 1 Because of this fear psychosis, they joined hands with the US-led Western military alliance Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO), and manoeuvred Pakistan's policy towards the Muslim countries to develop 'power parity' with India, if not in economic terms, then through military technology |
`In' analytical Note | Defence and Diplomacy Vol. 1, No.3; Apr-Jun 2012: p.105-113 |
Journal Source | Defence and Diplomacy Vol. 1, No.3; Apr-Jun 2012: p.105-113 |
Key Words | Southern Asia ; India ; Pakistan ; Border Dispute ; Kashmir Dispute ; Indo - Pak Relations ; Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) ; Asif Ali Zardari ; Hafiz Muhammad Saeed |