India s Major Power Status and its Impact on the Relations with the Neighbors Pakistan and China

Satish K

doi:10.4172/2151-6200.1000157

Abstract

With the consideration of India’s rise as a great power and acquisition of major power status at international level, this paper trying to focus on India’s relations with the neighbors who haves the natural impact on its strategy or foreign policy. With the increasing influence and accession of important role in international politics consequently, India, poised a Challenge for the regional dynamics and stable bilateral relations with the neighbors. Although there are rare chances for the change in this fundamental balance, Pakistan is overwhelming and being anxious by the growing military power of India. So the strategic outlook of Pakistan is unchanged towards India. In the case of China it is a matching rival for India haves strong military capabilities as well as nuclear weapons. By the ultimate overview we can see these evenly conventional, diplomatic and nuclear forces are ensuring the relative regional stability.

Highlights

By the partition in 1947, India has its Prodigal twin Pakistan placed at its very close geographically
Even Pakistan is failed to control the elements supporting to terrorist organizations inside the country, which are responsible for the periodic terrorist attacks on India
Khalid Kidwai outlined that Pakistan would use its nuclear weapons if: India attacks Pakistan and conquers a large part of its territory; India destroys a large part of Pakistan’s land or air forces; India blockades Pakistan in an effort to strangle it economically; or, India pushes Pakistan into a state of political destabilization. This asymmetric escalation posture is designed for a rapid first use of nuclear weapons against conventional attacks, leaving India without the ability to punish terrorist attacks through conventional retaliation [4]