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Indo/Pak - Superpower Involvement
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- 1Which author discusses India's decision making?Rudra Chaudhuri
- 2What does Chaudhuri say India's decisions are based on?Strategic Culture of not asking for help and valuing independence
- 3What was the motivation of the SU interest in India?Contain spread of Chinese influence
- 4What was the name of the Indo/Soviet treaty?Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
- 5When was the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation1971
- 6What was the name of the short lived defence organisation for the region?SEATO - South East Asia Treaty Organisation
- 7What was the second defence pact in the region?The Baghdad Pact
- 8How did alignment look during the Cold War?Pakistan - Aligned to US. India - Non Alligned
- 9What was the US interest in the region?Containment of Communism
- 10What two things did the US use Pakistan for?Intelligence bases (U2 and SIGINT) for spying on SU. Also wanted to use PAK for defence of ME
- 11What did the US's linkages to Pakistan do to India?Deeply alienated them, forced them towards SU
- 12What did the US provide to Pak to help with Containment? What did the Paks use them for?Use provided arms, Pak used them to fight India
- 13What were the Northern Tier states?Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan
- 14What was the purpose of the Northern Tier?Protect ME from SU
- 15How did the Paks use US?Spun to look like anti-communist - really interested in countering India
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