Warum Amerika auf Pakistan wetten sollte

SS: Moeed Yusuf’s essay in *Foreign Affairs* cuts to the bone: the United States, disenchanted with India’s evasions and multipolar posturing, is tilting back toward Pakistan, whose generals, ports, and minerals now command Trump’s embrace. Pakistan is feted as a bridge between Washington and Beijing, a counterterror ally, and a beneficiary of reduced tariffs, while India, chastised for buying Russian oil and flirting with Xi Jinping, finds its own leverage with Washington ebbing fast.

The symbolism is brutal: India, once touted as the democratic bulwark against China, is now treated as untrustworthy, while Pakistan is recast as the prize.For Indians, this narrative breeds both envy and dread: the neighbour long dismissed as a failed state could yet steal the fruits of decades of U.S.-India partnership.

The irony for New Delhi could not be sharper: after 25 years of burnishing an American bond, it watches Pakistan step into the spotlight, threatening to turn India’s hard-won advantage into ashes.

My thoughts/non-thoughts: The deeper irony, of course, is political: the U.S. bet on India began under Congress with the civil nuclear deal and dreams of strategic partnership, but it is under Modi’s watch that this inheritance is being squandered. Washington’s loss of faith stems not only from multipolar posturing and Russian oil deals but also from the shrill chest-thumping that has left India more isolated than ever. Congress can now claim vindication, while the BJP must explain how a bond painstakingly built over decades has unraveled so dramatically in a very short period of time.

emphasis on SHOULD reality is different, India has been associating with Russia and China more strongly so I don’t think US will back off