{"id":127731,"date":"2021-08-21T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=127731"},"modified":"2022-02-03T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:25:39","slug":"history-over-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/history-over-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"History over geography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>:\u00a0The Hindu<\/a>,\u00a0Indian Express<\/a> and\u00a0Business Standard\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: This article explains the recent developments in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n

The geopolitics that happened in Afghanistan provided a new strategic boost. This is the best chance for India to focus on maritime power and opportunity rather than overland threats<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Please read the following two articles for a better understanding.<\/p>\n

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  1. The script of the new endgame in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Return of Taliban has implications for India<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. New Delhi\u2019s Af-Pak: Old friends versus old foes: Should India accept Taliban, betray Afghans or support resistance movements like Saleh\u2019s?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    About Afghanistan (the global battlefield) and its geopolitics<\/h5>\n
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    Source: Maps of India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Afghanistan has always been the ultra-poor, deeply conservative, tribal, sparsely populated and loosely governed land-locked nation. At present, the nation lying between the warring great powers of the day. That makes it a battlefield for global powers. With enormous collateral damage and no benefits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    For instance, Imperial Britain and Czarist Russia in the 19th century<\/strong>, the Soviet Union and the US in the 20th century<\/strong>, the US and stateless pan-national al Qaeda in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

    Its location made it the \u201cbali ka bakra\u201d or sacrificial goat in the Great Game, the Cold War and the War on Terror<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Geopolitics since the entry of Pakistan:<\/h5>\n
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    1. Pakistan came into being only in 1947 and inherited colonial India\u2019s borders to the west<\/strong>. Pakistan\u2019s only utility to the US-led Western Bloc was where it sat on the world\u2019s map. Thus bringing Pak into the western formal military alliances.\n