ANALYSIS OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AND INCIDENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN PEOPLE’S PARTY (2008-2013)
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This research examines Pakistan's foreign policy towards the United States of America, providing an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of Pakistan's national security during the tenure of President Asif Ali Zardari from 2008 to 2013. The objective of this study is to investigate Pakistan’s foreign policy in the government of the Pakistan People’s Party towards the USA that significantly affects the national security of Pakistan and to explore the challenges and opportunities in Pak-USA relations. This study focuses on Pakistan's relations with the United States and examines their political, socioeconomic and military interactions with a particular emphasis on the foreign policy and national security of Pakistan. This study adopted historical, descriptive and analytical research methods along with empirical and qualitative assessments of the available data on the topic to conduct this research. Zardari government’s foreign policy was very weak and unclear towards the USA, as there were many vicissitudes throughout the history of Pakistan-USA relations, which have led to the phenomena of trust and mistrust as well as perceptions and misperceptions between both countries. The current study examines both internal and external security challenges pertaining to the national security of Pakistan in relationships with the USA and their impact on and consequences for the foreign policy of Pakistan. This dissertation identified significant incidents, events and developments that connected and disconnected the Pakistan and United States relations.
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