Pakistan's Crippling Strategic Isolation Is Its Own Fault ( Source- The National Interest / Authors- Aziz Amin Ahmadzai, Mona Naseer)
Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Al Jazeera Source- The National Interest Authors- Aziz Amin Ahmadzai , Mona Naseer A sovereign state’s foreign policy changes with the times, and according to its domestic needs and external changes in global politics. Nations have national interests, and there are no permanent enemies and friendships in international politics. Neighboring states can be a boon or a bane, depending on the ability to recognize one’s long-term interests of sustainable peace on its borders. Pakistan’s recent relations with Afghanistan have been one such example, with Pakistan as a state unable to define its foreign policy and national interests beyond a Cold War paradigm. An India-centric foreign policy has stalled Pakistan’s foreign-policy evolution and tainted its worldview of international politics. Pakistan currently has strained and difficult relations with all its neighbors except China. Following the Kargil War in 1999 with India, Pakistan f