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- Title
THE EVOLVING RUSSO-PAK ENTENTE-CORDIALE: CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE.
- Authors
Begum, Toheeda
- Abstract
Historically, the Russo-Pak relationship had a foreign policy context and a legacy that went through the historic eras of pre-partition Great Game between the British Indian and Czarist Empires, and the post-partition Cold War between the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (USA).Pakistan on its creation sided with the American led West through Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) or Baghdad Pact, plus, the partnerships against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and in the War on Terror. The US military and financial aid and the support by the International and Asian financial institutions for Pakistan is decades old--albeit now with a friction over Afghanistan, Russia and China. Still, the transactional-cooperation remains over Afghanistan through the air-corridor that is useful for Americans in many ways. American influence, assets and the air-corridor is a deadly mix in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban know that the drones, jets and aircrafts using the corridor take-off from and land at Qatar without ever landing in Afghanistan. Moreover, intelligence sharing is part of Pak-US operational cooperation with a possibility of a military base too. The context of Pak-US cooperation is the centuries old British era Frontier Policy. It remained until the American strategic withdrawal from Afghanistan. The relationship since then has deteriorated and the perception of each other is not harmonious despite the tactical cooperation in Afghanistan. The reason is the strategic choices made by Pakistan and America lacking congruence over China, Russia, Afghanistan and India. The interactive-arm-twisting of Pakistan is an indicator. The rest is the detail of Pakistan's New Frontier Policy.
- Subjects
EURASIA; RUSSIA; PAKISTAN; GREAT Game (Anglo-Russian relations); INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Central Asia (1729-9802), 2022, Issue 90, p19
- ISSN
1729-9802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54418/ca-90.168