Indian Coercive Diplomacy towards Pakistan in 21st Century

Abstract

Keeping in view the importance of South Asian region and the relation of two major states of this region i.e. Pakistan and India, and the effect of their relation not only on this region but the on whole world, it is important to study the Indian coercive diplomacy towards Pakistan. Historical, interpretative and explanatory methods have been used to analyze different events of Indian coercive diplomacy towards Pakistan in the 21st century. This study concludes that Indian coercive diplomacy is the main cause of tension between Pakistan and India, and that the support from the US is encouraging India to use coercive diplomacy towards Pakistan