South Asian Relations Quotes



India & Pakistan have been in dispute over Kashmir and other issues ever since Pakistan’s creation. Pakistan has started sever wars, and though she has lost them, India has never invaded Pakistan. Each side has been trying to get the United States to support its position and pressure the other side. When they started an arms race and both sides started to develop nuclear weapons, the reality was that the United States pressured both sides on the nuclear proliferation issue. No nation wants to admit that it has been pressured to arrive at any position. So the diplomatic thing for those nations who apply diplomatic pressure on other nations is to deny that they are trying to pressure the party which they are trying to pressure. This makes it easier for the pressure to work.