12-21-2006, 10:07 PM
Nareshji,
On Pakistanâs isolation in the region I would like to give the following assessment:-
In respect of Iran, in the post Shah era Pakistan obviously could not cultivate close relationship with it , in view of its closeness towards the United States. At that time the Cold War was very much alive and the United States considered Pakistan a very close friend and a bull work against Soviet expansion towards the East.
Next comes China, at the time of the Cold War and subsequent to the China- India border conflict, China found it useful to court friendship with Pakistan, which was a rather balancing act against India. However , in the present situation the circumstances have changed and naturally China must have re assessed its priorities thus reflecting in the present changed feeling that Pakistan is feeling towards China. China must have taken into consideration its growing economic ties with India while changing its course of relationship with Pakistan.
On Pakistanâs isolation in the region I would like to give the following assessment:-
In respect of Iran, in the post Shah era Pakistan obviously could not cultivate close relationship with it , in view of its closeness towards the United States. At that time the Cold War was very much alive and the United States considered Pakistan a very close friend and a bull work against Soviet expansion towards the East.
Next comes China, at the time of the Cold War and subsequent to the China- India border conflict, China found it useful to court friendship with Pakistan, which was a rather balancing act against India. However , in the present situation the circumstances have changed and naturally China must have re assessed its priorities thus reflecting in the present changed feeling that Pakistan is feeling towards China. China must have taken into consideration its growing economic ties with India while changing its course of relationship with Pakistan.