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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02 10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02 Published : Sep 2021Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era
Since the Indian nationalist party Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)'s leader took the charge of the state, bilateral relations between India and Pakistan became rigid. The period from 2014 to 2020 has been discussed in the study. In Prime Minister Modi's era, the tension between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has escalated because, in the second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked articles 370 and 35A, which gave the special status to Indian administered Kashmir. This study examines the basis of Indian foreign policy under the BJP's administration and how Prime Minister Modi's policy towards Pakistan and provides policy recommendations for practitioners to improve the bilateral ties with India.
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Hegemony, Bilateralism, Negotiation, Ideology, Democracy
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(1) Nimra Sajjad
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Sara Batool
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Tajjalla Munir
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Sajjad, N., Batool, S., & Munir, T. (2021). Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era. Global Foreign Policies Review, IV(III), 9-20 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02
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CHICAGO : Sajjad, Nimra, Sara Batool, and Tajjalla Munir. 2021. "Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era." Global Foreign Policies Review, IV (III): 9-20 doi: 10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02
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OXFORD : Sajjad, Nimra, Batool, Sara, and Munir, Tajjalla (2021), "Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era", Global Foreign Policies Review, IV (III), 9-20
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TURABIAN : Sajjad, Nimra, Sara Batool, and Tajjalla Munir. "Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era." Global Foreign Policies Review IV, no. III (2021): 9-20 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02