Hostile Relations: India's Pakistan Dilemma

The neuralgic reactions in both India and Pakistan to the Sharm Al Sheikh joint statement of Jul 16, 2009 are a measure of the sensitivity and irrationality that dog attempts to rework India-Pakistan relations, and of how fraught these relations are. The usual explanation for the state of affairs be...

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Veröffentlicht in:Harvard international review 2009-10, Vol.31 (3), p.14-18
1. Verfasser: Menon, Shivshankar
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Zusammenfassung:The neuralgic reactions in both India and Pakistan to the Sharm Al Sheikh joint statement of Jul 16, 2009 are a measure of the sensitivity and irrationality that dog attempts to rework India-Pakistan relations, and of how fraught these relations are. The usual explanation for the state of affairs between India and Pakistan is the complicated and unique circumstances that attended Pakistan's birth. India-Pakistan relations are certainly sui generis. Unlike other states, Pakistan was born by partition, from India. To this fact is ascribed a host of ills, reflected in myths that prevail in each country. India and Pakistan each has its own wisdom for why the countries' relations are unsatisfactory. To an outside observer, these ideas appear to be self-perpetuating and self-fulfilling myths. The myth is also patently false, as over thirteen centuries of Islam in the subcontinent prove. From an Indian perspective, foremost among the issues that divide India and Pakistan is terrorism.
ISSN:0739-1854
2374-6564