ISAS Briefs

Washington has indicated that it will block the promised flow of aid to Islamabad to punish it for not doing as much as the Americans want in bringing under control the activities of terrorist groups operating from bases in Pakistan. Some of what the Americans have promised Islamabad is not economic assistance but compensation for the use of Pakistan’s transport infrastructure to supply its troops in landlocked Afghanistan. This paper addresses the question of the impact of the action by the Americans on the long-term break in the off-and-on relationship between the United States and Pakistan.