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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    208 : Pakistan, Power-Play and a New South Asian Paradigm

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury , Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian studies (ISAS)

    2 September 2015

    The total gamut of Pakistan's external policy - aimed at making up the difference in power with India, accessing external resources and expanding manoeuvrability - can be said to be resting on four pillars. These are: one, relations with the US and the West; two, ties with China; three, linkages with the Islamic countries; and four, interactions with multilateral bodies, in particular the United Nations.