Abstract
Pak-US relations under Bush administration historically reached at its peak. It was the result of his doctrine known as ‘Bush Doctrine’. It resulted in constituting a fundamental shift in US foreign policy. This work tried to dig out that how Bush decided to framed his own strategies and way of using power and influence for the pursuit of USA national interests. Unlike president Clinton, president Bush focused on securing geo-strategic rather geo-economic interests. It is also tried to high light that what compelled Bush administration to tilt towards Pakistan. It includes especially inexorable geographical position of Pakistan in the region, so was preferred by US policy makers in this region. Bush even ignored US policy to promote democracy and supported undemocratic rule of General Pervez Musharraf, as his rule was inevitable to secure US national interests in the region. Authorities in Pakistan promised to assist US in its war on terror. It was the same role of Pakistan for which it was given the status of non- NATO ally. Bush Administration in return offered economic and military assistance to Pakistan. This study is based on qualitative insight to find out the real face of Pak-US relations under Bush administration. Secondary data including reports of different institutions, books, research articles and analysis by several scholars have been approached to furnish this work.
Highlights
Talking about the role of US presidents in foreign policy, the critics categorizes them as passive and active
After the incident of terrorist attack, Bush administration had to rethink in establishing its bilateral relation with several states, as it was not possible for US alone to fight its War on Terror (WOT) in the area that is located at great distance
As demonstrated by Cohen (2006) that at one side Pakistan finds itself at a critical juncture, on the other position of Pakistan could not be disregarded by US to fight war against terrorism in the region of South Asia
Summary
Talking about the role of US presidents in foreign policy, the critics categorizes them as passive and active Passive presidents were those who did not make any major change or shift in USA foreign policy. W. Bush is considered as active president who have brought a major shift in foreign policy of USA. One group claims that foreign policy of USA went through a revolution under Bush administration. Bush administration focused foreign policy to fight against such enemy but to nip the evil in the bud. As it is narrated by Pfiffner (2003) that President Bush believed in decisiveness and was impatient in achieving his goals. The terrorist attack changed the priorities of Bush administration in making foreign policy
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