Viability of Pak-Russia Military Cooperation

Adam Saud; Madiha Abbasi

doi:10.54418/ca-94.217

Authors

Adam Saud Professor & Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahriya University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Madiha Abbasi She holds Masters Degree in International Relations from Bahria University, Islamabad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54418/ca-94.217

Keywords:

Pakistan-Russia, Military Cooperation, Joint Exercises, 9/11, Counter Terrorism

Abstract

In international arena, there are no permanent friends or foes. This is clearly demonstrated by undulating nature of Pak-Russia relations, which kept on swaying with varying interests of two countries throughout the past century. It was only after 9/11, when Pakistan abandoned Afghan Taliban and became ally of US on war on terror, interests of Pakistan and Russia got converged. As a result of shared threats of terrorism and turning of their old allies to their rivals, the two countries were compelled to improve relations in various sectors particularly, military. The persistent joint exercises and frequent exchange of defense delegations during the past decade is indicator of growing military cooperation of two countries. This paper aims to analyzing the Pak-Russia military relations from the perspective of Regional Security Complex Theory while keeping in view the inherent turbulence in international politics.

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