The latest U-turn by Pakistan’s ‘selected’ Prime Minister Imran Khan on his country’s dealing with India is quite absurd even by the absurdities and U-turns that are emblematic of the feckless governance of the ‘hybrid’ regime. A day after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet announced that Pakistan would buy sugar and cotton from India, the cabinet made a U-turn and deferred the decision of the ECC. Subsequently, a meeting of a special cabinet subcommittee to discuss relations with India declared that there will be no trade with India until India reversed the constitutional reforms in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Trump administration also supported a permissive environment for other actors to disrupt Euro-Atlantic cooperation. In some cases, the United States was even a disruptor itself: in Ukraine, Trump attempted to coerce the government into undermining Biden’s credibility as a U.S. presidential candidate, while in Serbia and Kosovo, the United States sought alternative arrangements to the European Union (EU)–sponsored dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to solve the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
In this environment, China, Russia, and Turkey have gained an influence in Eastern Europe that is commensurate neither with their own material investments in the region nor with the EU’s; the union and its member states together are by far the largest donor and investor in the Western Balkans.
president donald trump s special envoy tweeting, in the last few days, we have seen our regional partners, oman, bahrain and the uae make statements or gestures. a more stable region leads to a stronger and more prosperous region. it is good for all. the warming relations are driven by mutual struggle against iran. netanyahu has been, perhaps, the most vocal critic of the iran nuclear deal, lauding president donald trump s withdrawal from the accord. netanyahu has quietly had the backing of the gulf arab states. the growing relations have come not because of an israeli-palestinian peace process but despite the lack of one. the palestinians aren t happy about the change in relations with israel but haven t been able to stop them. the big question here is are the relations between israel and saudi arabia, the biggest, the most powerful, the most influential gulf state. there have certainly been reports of trade deals for israeli tech but neither side has confirmed there are behind the ta