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India`s strategic challenges

In the past, India`s political dealings with its neighbors were not very successful. Though dialog has been started with its western neighbor Pakistan, tensions remain. Terrorist attacks across the Pakistan/India border or via Kashmir are the main source of India`s concern in the west. India blames Pakistan for not doing enough against the terrorists and extremists – as well as Afghanistan does. But India has a great interest in keeping the present government of Pakistan in power. A radical Islamic Pakistan would be more than a nightmare for India.

From Afghanistan, which borders Kashmir, there is the threat of Islamic terrorists infiltrating Kashmir because their situation will become worse if and when Afghanistan succeeds in ‘cleaning’ the Southeast of terrorists and extremists.

India`s politics towards Nepal are not very prudent. After the king dissolved the parliament, India stopped its support of Nepal – including the delivery of weapons that are needed for the fight against Maoist terrorists. China took this opportunity to replace India as a weapons supplier. China got another ‘foot in the door’ in India`s neighborhood. The compromise that has been found between the conflicting parties in Nepal should be used by India to regain ground in Nepal.

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