Today, foreign policy in parts of the Gulf is increasingly being guided by strategic, security, and global priorities rather than just religious or ideological affiliations.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Another academic giving unsolicited advice to Pakistan. Pakistan has never cared about world opinion either Muslim or non-Muslim. It does what it does, irrespective of world opinion. The problem has always been India, always looking for world approval. Right from approaching the UN in 1948 to constantly looking over the shoulder now, India has tied it’s own hands. There is no point in pontificating to Pakit, that’s like water over a duck’s back.
Another academic giving unsolicited advice to Pakistan. Pakistan has never cared about world opinion either Muslim or non-Muslim. It does what it does, irrespective of world opinion. The problem has always been India, always looking for world approval. Right from approaching the UN in 1948 to constantly looking over the shoulder now, India has tied it’s own hands. There is no point in pontificating to Pakit, that’s like water over a duck’s back.