Abstract
This paper develops a model based on late dependency theory of client relations between a superpower and a state in a divided society. The model is used to analyze the American “tilt” toward Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh crisis. An explanation of regime type based on class and institutional alliances is derived from the works of Cardoso, Hirschmann, and O'Donnell. This explanation is integrated with assumptions about transnational class and institutional relations to yield a model of client relations. Predicate logic is used to state the model and to derive the proposition that Pakistan was an American client from empirically supported factual claims. The alliance between the United States and the Pakistani military and bourgeoisie is analyzed as the basis of the client relationship. When the alliance is challenged by the Bengalis and India, the United States is motivated to protect its credibility as a guarantor of client states through the tilt policy.
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