Pakistan's Foreign Relations,

Abstract

The 'Islamic connection' and relations with the People's Republic of China are the two constants of Pakistan's foreign policy. Historically, common perceptions of threat have been instrumental in bringing nations together, and so it is with the PRC and Pakistan which, since the 1960s, have shared their fear of India and the Soviet Union. The Indo-Soviet treaty of 1971 institutionalized the links between the two signatories and left little doubt in Islamabad and Beijing that parallel interests had brought Moscow and New Delhi into a treaty relationship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107113

Entities

People

  • Shirin Tahir-kheli

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arabia
  • Asia
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Military Modernization
  • Pakistan
  • Perception
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • South Asia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security