The Geostrategic Implications of the Indo-American Strategic Partnership

Blank, Stephen

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“…As India rose within the ranks as a potential regional power, the keenness to form a strategic alliance on the US part increased substantially. The US behaviour of foregoing old alliances in favour of a new ally is in line with the realist paradigm, which propagates commitments made to allies must be terminated if it no longer serves its interests (Booth, 2010). Also, the US promulgating its geostrategic doctrine Pivot to Asia to contain/deter China's rise proved to be a catalyst vis-a-vis Indo–US rapprochement, especially since interests of both towards China coincided.…”

Section: Rapidly Growing Indo–us Partnershipmentioning

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Regional political paradigm shift: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan

Zaidi

Nirmal

2022

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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With the dawn of the 21st century, a global political paradigmatic shift was witnessed; no longer was Europe considered to be the focal point of geopolitics. Now, all eyes were on the Asian continent; with the brewing Afghan conflict, the arguably rising global hegemony contender China, the convoluted Iranian crisis, rapidly rising economic powers in South-East Asia, the key strategic power of the Indian Ocean and India and, amidst all, the dramatically increasing footprint of the United States. Consequently, as states with opposing interests were ferociously competing for regional dominance, a great degree of political polarization was induced in the regional geopolitical structure, which in turn forced political realignments. Old foes became friends (India and the United States), whereas decades old alliances broke (Pakistan and the United States). This dramatic regional political paradigm shift has forced Pakistan to completely transform its foreign policy, from a pro-western to an eastern/regional approach. This article explores how the changing regional geopolitical dynamics is affecting Pakistan’s foreign policy. It does so by critically analysing the geopolitical realignments in the region and the myriad regional conflicts/crises, while predominantly highlighting their implications for Pakistan. A mix-approach based on descriptive and critical analytical qualitative research methods has been adopted to conduct this study.

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Section: Rapidly Growing Indo–us Partnershipmentioning

confidence: 97%

Regional political paradigm shift: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan

Zaidi

Nirmal

2022

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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“…Where Pakistan once presented apsychologicaland physical barrier to the north-west, Central Asia is nowacauldron of diplomatic activity for India. 17 In Tajikistan, India has maintained a medical centre at Farkhor, only 2 km from the Afghan border.Itwas therethat wounded Northern Alliance members were treated during the Afghan Civil War, including the dying Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, assassinatedonly days before 9/11. India also acquired its only foreign military facility at Farkhor, affording short supply lines into Afghanistan and presumably allowing the Indian Air Force (IAF) an alternative route by which it might reach targets inside Pakistani territory.…”

Section: India Considered the Ousting Of The Fundamentalists In 2001 mentioning

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India's Af-Pak Strategy

Joshi

2010

The RUSI Journal

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“…To an appreciable degree, this is already happening. The US, Europe and China are displaying an unprecedented interest in building good relations with it (Blank 2007). And what is clearly visible is a turnaround in its overall strategic orientation towards the world.…”

Section: The Quest For Global and Asian Statusmentioning

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“…The 1990s saw a change and the rapid growth of a defence relationship with Israel. To the north, India has developed a growing interest in Central Asia (Blank 2003). The region is important as a potentially major source of energy supply and because it is a focal point of the global drug trade, which is associated with terrorist activity.…”

Section: The Quest For Global and Asian Statusmentioning

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Global Quest and Regional Reversal: Rising India and South Asia

Basrur

2010

International Studies

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The end of the Cold War coincided with a significant change in India's relationship with the rest of the world. The somnolent elephant awoke to energize itself by liberalizing its economy and quickly emerged as a potential major power in global politics. From the standpoint of its neighbours in South Asia, there might well be cause for anxiety. India has long been viewed as a hegemonic power in the region. Do the strengthening sinews of the regional 'hegemon' bode ill for them? The article argues that India was a limited hegemon in the past, but that, in the contemporary era, while its economic and military power are growing significantly, it is actually becoming less hegemonic in its orientation towards its neighbours. In contrast with its strategic behaviour in the 1980s, it has now adopted a less interventionist relationship with its neighbours and its strategic gaze is focused beyond South Asia to the global setting as it pursues the status of a world power.India's external relationships must be viewed from the larger perspective of its expanding strategic horizons and its emergence as an Asian and potentially global power. Its regional and global roles are related in two significant ways. First, it needs to disentangle itself from regional problems in order to stake a solid claim to a global standing. Attempts to control its neighbours can only enmesh it locally and detract from its global image and interests. Second, its global rise and new Article International Studies 47(2-4) 267-284

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The Geostrategic Implications of the Indo-American Strategic Partnership

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Regional political paradigm shift: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan

Regional political paradigm shift: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan

India's Af-Pak Strategy

Global Quest and Regional Reversal: Rising India and South Asia

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