Editorial

Indian Foreign Policy: The Trust Issues

By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal

Why is it so hard for Indian leaders to learn the lesson that the generous goodwill they accord their neighbors don’t necessarily come back. The recent move by Pakistan to block Indian team from visiting their soil for investigating the Pathankot attack clearly shows and in a more embarrassing manner the naiveté of our political leaders in miscalculating international politics.

 Sometimes all our leaders have to do is listen, PM Modi should have leant ear to army when they vehemently protested against allowing Pakistanis to visit air force base. What came out of this investigative visit, they came, they went back and claimed, the Indians staged the attack and shifted the blame on pious Pakistanis. What were we thinking; you get bitten when you make friends with Snake whether it’s Rahil Sharif or Nawaz Sharif. And not to forget cherry on top, Pakistani envoy is suggesting the suspension of peace process, actually when does this process was on track?

 Can we trust the neighbors who ban our efforts to bring terrorist like Masood Azhar to justice at UN. I really don’t know the definition of terrorist for Peoples Republic of China but it should remember that it’s fighting people like Azhar within its own borders. So what should we do about it, well tit for tat if you might have heard about it. Show the world the atrocities Pakistan commit against it minorities, give audible support to separatists in Baluchistan and if it comes to that XinJiang maybe. We should not hold our hands from South China if it teaches our neighbors a lesson or two about mutual trust and cooperation. The irony of the matter is that instead of taking regional security in our own hands we look to outside entities like UN, US for solving our problems. We don’t need drones from United States but that mountain assault corps that’d check the infringements by PLA at our line of control. Or may be officially incorporating Tibetan diaspora in our society would send the message home.

Yes, we should always extend the hand of friendship towards our neighbors but what would you do if all you get in return is duplicity. Peace is a two way road, you walk one mile and I walk one mile but I hope our leaders learn this in time.

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