Renowned author and academic, Christophe Jaffrelot, has laid bare the global isolation India is facing after its aggression against Pakistan last month.
In the article named: “Who Is India’s All-Weather Friend in This World?” Jafferlot questioned the absence of a strategic ally in India’s basket, while Pakistan came out stronger in recent India-Pakistan war with unprecedented Chinese support.
“Beijing took Pakistan’s side far more clearly than in previous wars between the two neighbors,” the author analyzed.
The author wrote about how the Indian public thought India would “do away with Pakistan because it was whipped up into a frenzy by the nationalist hysteria of a media in thrall of the government.”
He said the Indian people were immensely frustrated due to hysterical media claiming to destroy Pakistan within few hours.
Despite years of attempts at isolating Pakistan, Pakistan managed to score military and diplomatic successes that have left India wondering – who is their ally?
According to Christophe Jaffrelot, Pakistan managed to internationalise the Kashmir dispute after US President Donald Trump publicly offered his mediation.
India failed to “dehyphenate” itself with Pakistan, as for years it projected itself to be a global power. Trump’s statements have put India and Pakistan on equal footing, according to the author.
In fact, Donald Trump has publicly praised Pakistan’s military and civil leadership, and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Chief recently hailed Pakistan as a “phenomenal partner in the counter-terrorism world”.
The author exposed the failures of Indian extremist and isolationist policies, as only two countries stood with India after the Pahalgam incident.
The two countries were Afghanistan and Israel. Indian’s diplomatic failure was evident, according to expert, from the fact that that New Delhi had to send seven all-party delegations to explain India’s policy in 32 countries.
