American Sanctions and the Unequal Partnership: India’s Path Forward
By Mukesh Devrari The Indian media is shocked by the Trump administration’s policy towards India. In his first term, when Pakistan used a suicide bomber to attack a bus full of security personnel in Kashmir, the American administration supported India’s right to retaliate. The result was that Pakistan did not launch another attack due to the fear of India’s retaliation and America’s stance towards such actions. Six years after the Pulwama attacks, Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists in Kashmir attacked again, and identified Hindus before killing them. The attack shocked India, while global media largely ignored it. India tried to retaliate, but the Trump administration did not support India. In fact, it pressured India to stop the attack. India lost six fighter jets as Pakistan shot down Indian aircraft using PL-15 air-to-air missiles launched from J-10 fighters. India would have done better if it had shown the courage to launch retaliatory strikes bigger than symbolic ones. The terror...