NATIONAL SECURITY

National Security in Pakistan

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of National Security in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on National Security and its relation with Pakistan. The research also analyzes many aspects of military control and tries to gauge its effect on Pakistan. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for National Security and tries to describe the overall effect of U.S relations with Pakistan.

National Security in Pakistan

Introduction

Since its creation as modern nation 1947, Pakistan has been mired in a state of persistent hostility. Throughout this enduring rivalry, it has experienced four major wars with their serious counterparts India, punctuated by an array of intermittent crises—culminating in the present specter of nuclear conflagration. The conflict between these two nations is simultaneously over disputed territory, competing national identities, and relative power position in the region. However, at the heart of Indo-Pakistani hostility lays a contentious dispute over ownership of a relatively small border region known as Kashmir—the unfinished business of partition politics.

The majorities of Indo-Pakistani wars and crises have been directly over Kashmir or eventually came to involve the Kashmir dispute in some respect, yet none of these altercations has yielded a resolution. Over a half century of military stalemate has left the region just as primed for conflict as ever, only now with the volatile element of nuclear brinksmanship making the region the world's most dangerous tinderbox. Throughout its history, Pakistan episodically has attempted to seize control of Indian administered areas of Kashmir through hostile means—whether by proxy militants, conventional military forces, or a combination of the two. Each attempt has failed to yield Pakistan's political goal. Despite repeated failures, Pakistan has continued to resort to these military blunders, only to once again meet with defeat on the battlefield at the hand of the Indian military(Zaidi, 2008).

Discussion

The Strategic Importance of Pakistan

Pakistan has a status amidst the United States and Britain for playing a function in beating the previous Soviet Union's armies in Afghanistan in the 1980s and is furthermore playing a function as a colleague to the United States in conflict contrary to insurgency. Since Pakistan has habitually sustained the advantages of the United States in the district, it appears that the two nations are neglecting most of the risks initiated by Pakistan in the district due to their long-run friendship. But lately the west has put some activities contrary to the destructive undertakings of Pakistan. Is Pakistan's objective over in the region?

The US and Pakistan Relations

Pakistan had close relatives with the west, particularly with the Britain ever since its establishment, but after the drop of Iran's regal government and the take-over of a Moscow-backed government in Afghanistan, Pakistan's strategic significance to the United States increased. Iran was one of the mighty bases of the United States when the regal government was in power, but the groundwork was moved to Pakistan after an Islamic Republic was established in Iran in ...