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ISLAMABAD: The Balakot airstrike and the repeal of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir are the two significant events that will have a “lasting imprint” on the geopolitical situation in South Asia, according to the chief of the Army of Pakistan, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In an article in the ‘Green Paper 2020’, a Pakistan Army research journal that is recognized by the Pakistan Higher Education Commission and published every two years, Gen Bajwa also describes Kashmir as a “nuclear flash point” .
General Bajwa, who is the magazine’s Chief Patron, expressed his opinion in a “Note” on the front page of the publication.
“The year 2019 witnessed two significant events that will have a lasting imprint on the geopolitics of this region; first, the unjustified attack on Balakot by the Indian Air Force on February 26 and second, the unilateral annexation” of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, by repealing Articles 370 and 35A, the Pakistani army chief said.
“The first was a coercive attempt to forge the space for nuclear cantilever war and enforce competition; skillfully denied by the Pakistani air force the next day, through a calibrated and proportionate response: the Indian desire to establish a New Normal was completely hampered.
“The latter, despite the condemnation of the world at large, continues to torment the lives of more than eight million Muslims” of Kashmir … “he wrote.
General Bajwa goes on to say: “Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint and in complete disregard for international standards, Mr. (Narendra) Modi has not only endangered the immediate neighborhood, but has also raised the ante for the entire world”.
The powerful army, which has ruled Pakistan for more than half of its more than 70 years of existence, has so far wielded considerable power in matters of security and foreign policy.
Pakistan and India were almost on the brink of war following the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019 that killed dozens of CRPF soldiers and led India to carry out airstrikes on terrorist camps in the city of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
The strained ties between India and Pakistan were further sunk after the repeal of Article 370 in August to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The move angered Pakistan, which degraded diplomatic ties with India and expelled the Indian High Commissioner stationed in Islamabad.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was an internal matter. He also advised Pakistan to accept reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.
In the editorial ‘Green Book 2020’, the editor-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Sher Afgan, defended the change in the global order due to the impact of the latest technologies and revolutions on military and strategic thinking.
“New players like China and Russia are pushing the US-led International Liberal Order into an era of more multi-polar power centers. Regionalism is winning currency, the sentiment of populism is high, and traditional power centers are struggling to stay on the top, “he wrote.
He said that South Asia, due to its strategic location and its role in world politics, is also under great impact from this rapid transformation in geopolitics and geoeconomics and the Pakistani military has been superbly addressed through responses from cross domain.
Former diplomat Shamshad Ahmad Khan in his article, “India-Pakistan Relations: In Perspective,” wrote that Pakistan has been living with a persistent suspicion that India had never reconciled with the partition of the subcontinent and facing hostility and belligerence from India.
He said that as one of the oldest unsolved international conflicts, Kashmir is today “a nuclear flash point.”
There are other articles in the ‘Green Paper 2020′ on the regional and global situation. However, the publisher’s disclaimer says that the authors’ opinion does not imply the official policy of the Pakistan Army as an institution.
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In an article in the ‘Green Paper 2020’, a Pakistan Army research journal that is recognized by the Pakistan Higher Education Commission and published every two years, Gen Bajwa also describes Kashmir as a “nuclear flash point” .
General Bajwa, who is the magazine’s Chief Patron, expressed his opinion in a “Note” on the front page of the publication.
“The year 2019 witnessed two significant events that will have a lasting imprint on the geopolitics of this region; first, the unjustified attack on Balakot by the Indian Air Force on February 26 and second, the unilateral annexation” of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, by repealing Articles 370 and 35A, the Pakistani army chief said.
“The first was a coercive attempt to forge the space for nuclear cantilever war and enforce competition; skillfully denied by the Pakistani air force the next day, through a calibrated and proportionate response: the Indian desire to establish a New Normal was completely hampered.
“The latter, despite the condemnation of the world at large, continues to torment the lives of more than eight million Muslims” of Kashmir … “he wrote.
General Bajwa goes on to say: “Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint and in complete disregard for international standards, Mr. (Narendra) Modi has not only endangered the immediate neighborhood, but has also raised the ante for the entire world”.
The powerful army, which has ruled Pakistan for more than half of its more than 70 years of existence, has so far wielded considerable power in matters of security and foreign policy.
Pakistan and India were almost on the brink of war following the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019 that killed dozens of CRPF soldiers and led India to carry out airstrikes on terrorist camps in the city of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
The strained ties between India and Pakistan were further sunk after the repeal of Article 370 in August to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The move angered Pakistan, which degraded diplomatic ties with India and expelled the Indian High Commissioner stationed in Islamabad.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was an internal matter. He also advised Pakistan to accept reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.
In the editorial ‘Green Book 2020’, the editor-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Sher Afgan, defended the change in the global order due to the impact of the latest technologies and revolutions on military and strategic thinking.
“New players like China and Russia are pushing the US-led International Liberal Order into an era of more multi-polar power centers. Regionalism is winning currency, the sentiment of populism is high, and traditional power centers are struggling to stay on the top, “he wrote.
He said that South Asia, due to its strategic location and its role in world politics, is also under great impact from this rapid transformation in geopolitics and geoeconomics and the Pakistani military has been superbly addressed through responses from cross domain.
Former diplomat Shamshad Ahmad Khan in his article, “India-Pakistan Relations: In Perspective,” wrote that Pakistan has been living with a persistent suspicion that India had never reconciled with the partition of the subcontinent and facing hostility and belligerence from India.
He said that as one of the oldest unsolved international conflicts, Kashmir is today “a nuclear flash point.”
There are other articles in the ‘Green Paper 2020′ on the regional and global situation. However, the publisher’s disclaimer says that the authors’ opinion does not imply the official policy of the Pakistan Army as an institution.
