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India's roller-coaster policy on Pakistan - Windows Live
- Brahma Chellaney
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After all, India is being uniquely targeted not just by non-state actors (NSAs), but by state-sponsored non-state actors (SSNSAs), with Singh himself having admitted earlier that “some Pakistani official agencies must have supported” the Mumbai attacks.
Like his predecessor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Singh has taken India on a roller-coaster ride on counterterrorism, with an ever-shifting policy course on Pakistan. His latest U-turn on Pakistan, however, parallels the manner he pushed through the controversial nuclear deal with the US. In both cases, he broke his solemn assurances to Parliament. Also, like the nuclear deal, Singh’s decision to delink talks with Islamabad from Pakistani action against terrorism was the product not of institutional thinking but of personal choice. Yet another parallel is that the PM has himself moved the goalpost to help cover his concessions. And just as he tried to spin the reality on the terms and conditions of the nuclear deal, Singh has turned to casuistry to camouflage his shift on Pakistan.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
India's roller-coaster policy on Pakistan - Windows Live
