@RRajagopalanJNU If India has to adopt an deterrence along with engagement policy towards China can BRICS be part of the engagement policy. China will always follow a policy of containment along with engagement policy towards India. Is there a possibility for a working relationship?
@CaitlinDoornbos Which country undermined all American efforts in Afghanistan? Which country supported the Taliban militarily which led to the death of almost 3000 American Servicemen while taking/fleecing money from the United Staes? Yet US media is full of that countries supporters Why...?
@CaitlinDoornbos With all the stratospheric hype and hoopla surrounding Pakistani mediation one would have expected a different outcome. Did the usual Pakistani bluff and bluster take the some people at Foggy Bottom, US media and Langley for a ride (yet again) or something even more toubling...
@smita1900 Relentless hostility/violence against India by Pakistan is based on Religious Doctrine. The Supremacist Islamist Nature of the Pakistani State coupled with a fake Arab/Turkish/Central Asian identity makes reconcilliation difficult-it is not just random scapegoating
@clary_co Relentless hostility/violence against India based on Religious Doctrine has been the basis of Pakistani identity for many decades. Just a cursory reading of open source Armed Forces publications and school curriculum is enough. One does not need a Phd in Political Science.
@CaitlinDoornbos China has got Russia (a global commodity superpower with a competent industrial base) as a Strategic partner over the last one year. The US has got Pakistan with its Field Marshal. The US has a seriously good strategic affairs community- serious urgent introspection needed
@CaitlinDoornbos The United States with a very capable and competent State Department should talk directly with Iran. Using a country of the level of Pakistan reduces the stature of the United States.
@Z_DauletSingh Did the fact that India was not going to fight China to the last Indian like Ukraine was doing in Russia titlt the scales in Pak favor. Ukraine weakening Russia and India and China weakening each other greviously in a fight would make the emerging multi polar world ordercollapse.
@Ahmedejaz1995G@clary_co The chinese would have provided you the images if they existed. The IAF showed images of airfield hangars, radar sites, runways, warehouses and terror camps (those not in official uniform) across length and breadth of Pakistan being hit during the conflict
@clary_co A country with the stature,technical capability and a sophisticated strategic affairs community is forced to ask other nations for a face saver-that too a country of the quality of Pakistan. Some behind the scenes accountibility must be established. Sinking to Pakistans level...?
@CaitlinDoornbos The United States has the most potent and capable military in the world backed up by a educated sophisticated Strategic Affairs Community. Then Why did the United States have to depend upon a country of the literal level of Pakistan for a face saver-someone fumbled the ball...
@DerekJGrossman The United States was forced to become dependent upon Pakistan a country with extremely dubious credentials in the context of state sponsored terrorism for a negotiated exit to the Iran war. More than 2000 US soldiers died in afghanistan due to pakistan. Who fumbled the ball?
@EmmaMAshford The United States with one of the most sophisticated and capable Strategic Affairs Community is being forced to depend upon a country of the level of Pakistan to bring out a settlement-this by itself should prompt very serious introspection. Pakistan of all nations...
@humza_jilani@cornishft How did the United States a country with serious/world class capabilities in Grand Strategy Formulation and Military Operations fumble the ball that it ended up requireing the help of a state of the level like Pakistan to pull its chestnuts out of the fire?
@KanwalSibal How did this state of affairs come about . The desparation of the US was used by Pakistan to try to burnish its tattered international image mainly through compromised "international correspondents" of major TV outlets and print media. Serious Introspection?
@KanwalSibal At some point there may be a serious introspection within the US Strategic Affairs Community staffed by seriously capable people as to how the US with such a capable military ended up depending on a nation of the level of Pakistan to pull its chestnuts out of the fire
@RRajagopalanJNU He says Iran is the Number one state sponsor of terrorism-the reality is the Number one State Sponsor of Terrorism (Pakistan winning by a country mile this prize) is being hailed by the US as a mediator. The US literally lost the Afghan war because of Pakistan.
@Fawadfk@MichaelKugelman The US, China and almost the entire world has been giving money to Pakistan since its existence. Pakistan could have become a first world country by now if it had used all the money wisely. Instad it used the money to build up a large army and promote terrorism-bad choices.
@MZASADI@EMPosts A Pakistani (i.e. a fake Arab/Turk) with their usual bluff and bluster. If your armed forces who have been ruling your nation almost since independence were so competent and capable you would not be known as a failed state. Your only contribution is terrorism
@Z_DauletSingh So what you are saying is that if an inclusive security architecture had been imagined in europe that accomodated Russia's vital interests and the European Union's vital interests then the ukraine conflict would have been avoided. Is my understanding correct?