Indo-Us Relation Towards a Rapprochement: From Post Cold War to Post September 11

Abstract

Another , pretext! was. piovided:to. Pakistan's General. Zia .to obtain niore niilitary aids fioiii thc United States by Soviet intervention inr.Afghanistani in f 1979. ,.Despite ,Pnkistan's 'burnin& of American emb'assy,;US:President CirteL offered a S 500 millioii niilitary'aid to €?akista'n;.an :-offer ispurned: by, Zia'Lul-Haq as peanuts. .Reagan adiiiiiiistration alsolupgradedl tlie'contiiiucd'siipply of.ini1itax-y aid to Pakistan in Septeniber'.1,98 1;'oiiiUnited :States S 3.2 billion'iiiilitary and ecoiiomic assistanck eiicoiii'ljassiiig I ~511i'gLins; Cobra gunships, TOW &ti-tank! iiiissiles; upgradation. ofM48'tii;ks to.A3 stahdard with a prize catch containing US coniniifmeiit to supply 40F-I 6 planks on a cash basis of S 1.1 billion, 70 of them before October 1982j.

Emerging Nuclear Powers: India and Pakistan Since 1998 and the United States' Impact on Regional Stability

“…sentiment. 59 Thus, the U.S. should carefully avoid the appearance of running the show. For its part Pakistan also has bad memories of dealing with the United States, and perceives a pro-India tilt in recent U.S. actions.…”