U.S. National Security Strategy and Pakistan: An Appraisal

摘要

Importantly, the NSS stresses on great power competition with China, flatters India, and snubs Pakistan. The great power's strategic competition would not only make Pakistan's strategic environment vulnerable, but also drag it into their strategic theatre. In addition, the Trump Administration officials' recent mantra that India is a reliable natural partner and Pakistan is an unreliable partner in South Asia is a critical development. Therefore, the NSS 2017 needs to be taken seriously and the document's critical examination is imperative for chalking out a befitting coherent strategy to uphold Pakistan's national interest.