{"id":205697,"date":"2022-09-13T18:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205697"},"modified":"2022-09-13T18:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T12:40:28","slug":"three-to-tangle-the-pakistan-factor-should-not-undermine-indias-close-security-ties-with-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-to-tangle-the-pakistan-factor-should-not-undermine-indias-close-security-ties-with-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Three to tangle: The Pakistan factor should not undermine India\u2019s close security ties with the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThree to tangle: The Pakistan factor should not undermine India\u2019s close security ties with the U.S.<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0The Hindu\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a013th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 \u2013 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About India-US security ties.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Recently, the U.S. decided to refurbish the F-16 fighter fleet of Pakistan. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified a possible Foreign Military Sales worth $450 million for engine, electronic warfare upgrades and spares for Pakistan\u2019s F-16s. The proposed sale does not include any new capabilities, weapons, or munitions. However, this might upset India-US security ties.<\/p>\n

Why India is concerned about the US decision to refurbish F-16s?<\/h5>\n

The F-16 fighter fleet has been the backbone of the Pakistan Air Force since the early 1980s. It was upgraded and replenished periodically. The U.S. administration has maintained that since Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally, the defence partnership with Pakistan is a critical component of its global war on terror.<\/p>\n

India continuously raised its concerns about the US decision to upgrade and provide more F-16s to Pakistan with U.S. interlocutors. This is because terrorism against India has been Pakistan\u2019s state policy for decades. India’s apprehensions came true in February 2019. A day after the Balakot air strike conducted by the Indian Air Force, Pakistan deployed its F-16s to target Indian military bases close to the Line of Control.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: In 2016, the U.S. Congress stalled the Obama administration\u2019s move to give more F-16 fighters to Pakistan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: India US 2+2 Dialogue and the Dynamics of India-US relations \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
About India-US security ties<\/h5>\n

India and the U.S. have committed to deepening defence and security cooperation.<\/p>\n

India and the US have been skilfully managing their differences over Afghanistan, the crisis in Ukraine, and the threat of U.S. sanctions under its Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: India-US ties key to anchoring Indo-Pacific region<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to improve India-US security ties?<\/h5>\n

To stay in Afghanistan, the U.S. needed Pakistan; now to stay away from Afghanistan it needs Pakistan even more. But the US should recognise India\u2019s concerns are immediate and real.<\/p>\n

The U.S. rewarding Pakistan will take out accountability of Pakistan and continue terrorism as a state policy. India and the U.S. need to work together to ensure the spectacular gains made in bilateral ties are preserved and nourished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThree to tangle: The Pakistan factor should not undermine India\u2019s close security ties with the U.S.\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Hindu\u00a0on\u00a013th\u00a0September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests. Relevance: About India-US security ties. News: Recently, the U.S. decided to refurbish… Continue reading Three to tangle: The Pakistan factor should not undermine India\u2019s close security ties with the U.S.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-205697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704811559},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}