Pakistan finds itself in a bit of a pickle trying to explain the former residential address of OBL. The US does feel genuinely aggravated. Relations had already soured in the last few months for various reasons. Hard questions are being raised about the financial aid provided by the US to Pakistan. In these circumstances, ticking off your chief financier would not be seen as a wise move. It is not clear that Pakistan is taking this bit of conventional wisdom seriously.
This begs the question, going forward how should India handle it's prickly neighbour? Isolation, lack of engagement and outright hostility will not lead to any reasonable outcomes. All these options have been tried in the past. Prime minister Manmohan Singh's approach to this seems more appropriate.Steps like increasing trade relations, supporting more people to people contacts, restarting cricketing relations should all be pursued vigorously.
There are no guarantees this approach would yield any results. Most Indians would instinctively tell you that no good would come of any of these steps. And some would dismiss this as naive.We should all know, better alternatives are hard to be found.
This begs the question, going forward how should India handle it's prickly neighbour? Isolation, lack of engagement and outright hostility will not lead to any reasonable outcomes. All these options have been tried in the past. Prime minister Manmohan Singh's approach to this seems more appropriate.Steps like increasing trade relations, supporting more people to people contacts, restarting cricketing relations should all be pursued vigorously.
There are no guarantees this approach would yield any results. Most Indians would instinctively tell you that no good would come of any of these steps. And some would dismiss this as naive.We should all know, better alternatives are hard to be found.
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