Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy Towards Pakistan and Decline of its Fascist Approach

Modi Foreign Policy Towards Pakistan

Abstract

Since the Partition of British India (1947), the relations between Pakistan and
India marked by tensions and conflicts due to consequential factors including
Jammu and Kashmir which is one of the unfinished agenda of partition and
relations are defined by persistent hostility and antagonism. India perceived to
be adopted Pakistan centric foreign policy based on strategic autonomy,
prioritizes national interest with the active participation in the Global South,
and cultivates balanced partnerships with major powers. Narendra Modi since
2014 has shifted dialogue-oriented foreign policy with Hindutva nationalism
and strategic assertion, marked with belligerence, firm deterrence, and coercive
diplomacy mean doctrine of isolation of Pakistan diplomatically and frequently
retaliating offensively. Therefore, Modi policy towards Pakistan built on the
principle to isolate Pakistan, especially following the 2019 revocation of
Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under the article 370 and unilaterally
withdrawal from the Indus Waters Treaty, which is against the spirit of
international law. Further, under the Modi’s regime relations between Pakistan
and India have arrived in the lowest ebb. His aggressive policy failed to achieve
key objectives, include counter-terrorism, regional economic initiatives and to
minimize Pakistan’s influence. However, Modi foreign policy has collapsed to
produce the intended results, and in some cases, has led to a diplomatic decline
and Pakistan has emerged as a key diplomatic bridge in shifting global power
dynamics and its efforts has enhanced its global standing and increased its
international influence.