THE CHANGING PARAMETERS OF PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

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  • Ambassador (Retired) Munir Akram

Keywords:

Cold War, Bipolar, Emerging, US,, Pakistan, India, Strategic Partnership, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), BRI Global, Regional

Abstract

The basic direction of Pakistan’s foreign and security policy during the last seven decades
was set at the country’s creation. Confronted with an existential threat from India, and
with a geopolitical location on the fault lines of the US-Soviet Cold War, Pakistan walked
almost inexorably into the American camp. China is the main strategic rationale for US
hostility towards Pakistan and partnership with India. Pakistan’s security and foreign
policy must also address the monumental global challenges which the humanity faces
today and which impact directly on Pakistan: poverty and hunger, climate change and the
water crisis, international migration, nuclear conflict, terrorism and growing injustice
and inequality, among and within nations. Addressing these challenges requires much
greater and more intense regional and international cooperation. Pakistan must remain
at the forefront of endeavours to promote such cooperation and create a world where
peace, security and prosperity are universal.

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Munir Akram, A. (Retired) . (2019). THE CHANGING PARAMETERS OF PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY. Strategic Thought, 1, 2–16. Retrieved from https://strategicthought.ndu.edu.pk/site/article/view/46

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