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A welcome change: by Malik Muhammad Ashraf in The News, Nov 15, 2020


The writer is a freelance contributor…
……….The Trump administration’s increased reliance on India as its strategic partner also generated tensions of its own in the region, as is evident from Indian military engagement with China in Ladakh. India also went ahead with its nefarious plan to end the special status of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, its bifurcation into two territories and their inclusion in the Indian Union. A report in the Los Angeles Times revealed that India had taken the Trump administration into confidence before initiating that move.

The US also looked the other way to the atrocities being committed by the Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir, though President Trump gave a false impression that he wanted to mediate. Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint. The continued Indian killing spree in Occupied Kashmir and its belligerent posture towards Pakistan has the potential to trigger a nuclear war between Pakistan and India unless supported by the US and its allies – who are also strategic partners of India – realize the threat to the security of the region and beyond and put pressure on India to resolve the Kashmir dispute in consonance with UNSC resolutions.

….. During his election campaign he (Biden) also spoke about rights of Muslims with America and around the globe including IO&JK. He repudiated the Indian narrative in this regard and was also critical of the laws promulgated by India to deny Indian citizenship to millions of Muslims.

These are really very encouraging portents, raising the hope that his advent to the American presidency may bring an element of sanity in the conduct of US foreign relations, unlike Trump who was the true personification of ‘a bull in the China Shop’.https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/744010-a-welcome-change