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" The Politics of Foreign Aid: "
Surinder Mohan, J. Susanna Lobo, Surinder Mohan, et al.
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AL
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1065682
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LA109311
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10.1163/21983534-00701004
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English
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J. Susanna Lobo
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Surinder Mohan
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The Politics of Foreign Aid: [Article] : Impact of Superpowers’ Economic Assistance on India and Pakistan during the Cold War\ Surinder Mohan, J. Susanna Lobo, Surinder Mohan, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Bandung
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2020
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7/1
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52–79
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This article traces the impact of superpowers’ foreign aid on India and Pakistan during the early decades of the Cold War. It shows how the American policy-makers have drawn their initial strategies to bring India under the Western fold and later, when the Indian leadership resisted by adopting the foreign policy non-alignment, charted a new approach to keep it at an adequate distance from the Soviet influence—particularly by exploiting its food insecurity and inability to complete the five-year plans. In contrast, the Soviet Union extended project-aid to India which assisted it to build much required large industrial base and attain self-sufficiency in the long run. By adhering to the non-aligned doctrine, India not only managed a negotiable balance with the superpower politics but also extracted considerable benefits for its overall development. On the other hand, aligned Pakistan had shown least enthusiasm with regard to self-sufficiency and pursued policies imbued with militarism which ended up it as a rent-seeking dependent state. This article traces the impact of superpowers’ foreign aid on India and Pakistan during the early decades of the Cold War. It shows how the American policy-makers have drawn their initial strategies to bring India under the Western fold and later, when the Indian leadership resisted by adopting the foreign policy non-alignment, charted a new approach to keep it at an adequate distance from the Soviet influence—particularly by exploiting its food insecurity and inability to complete the five-year plans. In contrast, the Soviet Union extended project-aid to India which assisted it to build much required large industrial base and attain self-sufficiency in the long run. By adhering to the non-aligned doctrine, India not only managed a negotiable balance with the superpower politics but also extracted considerable benefits for its overall development. On the other hand, aligned Pakistan had shown least enthusiasm with regard to self-sufficiency and pursued policies imbued with militarism which ended up it as a rent-seeking dependent state.
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Cold War
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foreign aid
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India
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Kashmir
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Pakistan
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realpolitik
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South Asia
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Soviet Union
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the US
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10.1163/21983534-00701004
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