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Assessing India's 'Ignore Pakistan' Strategy
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Abstract Feliks Gross once famously said 'even a decision not to have any relation with a state is also foreign policy'. There appears to be a trend emerging similar to the quote by Feliks with regard to India-Pakistan relations. The bitterness of partition between India and Pakistan and then the subsequent ... view more
Feliks Gross once famously said 'even a decision not to have any relation with a state is also foreign policy'. There appears to be a trend emerging similar to the quote by Feliks with regard to India-Pakistan relations. The bitterness of partition between India and Pakistan and then the subsequent issue of Kashmir has almost made these two nations 'eternal enemies'. Post-2000, both India and Pakistan have witnessed a state of no peace, no war. Having witnessed Pakistan using asymmetric methods to fight against India, there appears to be a tectonic shift in India's foreign policy towards Pakistan in the Modi era.... view less
Keywords
India; Pakistan; South Asia; bilateral relations; foreign policy; political strategy
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Journal
IndraStra Global, 6 (2020) 1
ISSN
2381-3652
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0