Understanding the RAW-NDS nexus against Pakistan

摘要

India has long cherished the dream of becoming a hegemonic power in the region, to achieve regional preponderance; New Delhi has employed both soft and hard power to bring all the peripheral South Asian countries under its military and economic influence. For India, economically and militarily rising Pakistan has continued to pose a potential threat to its military superiority in the region. "India has always tried to maintain its "hegemony" in the South Asian region and Pakistan has rejected this while "effectively" protecting its interests", said Sartaj Aziz, the Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs in his interview with Samaa TV in June 2016. To overwhelm Pakistan, the Indian 'Cold Start' doctrine, the disruptive water war and the diplomatic offensive to label Pakistan with terrorism have failed. When all these ill-conceived designs yielded no results, the Modi government tasked its hawkish National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with the mission to weaken Pakistan internally through a multi-pronged proxy war.