{"id":5727,"date":"2025-08-27T22:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:56:39","slug":"trump-and-pakistan-strengthen-ties-new-delhi-drifts-away-from-washington-claims-international-affairs-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/27\/trump-and-pakistan-strengthen-ties-new-delhi-drifts-away-from-washington-claims-international-affairs-expert","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Pakistan strengthen ties, new Delhi drifts away from Washington : claims international affairs expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington:<\/strong> International affairs scholar Eldar Mamedov<\/strong> asserts that Pakistan has significantly improved its relationship with the United States in recent years, attributing this progress largely to the positive stance taken by\u00a0 President Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In an article published in The National Interest<\/em>, Mamedov highlights that Trump made a striking acknowledgement of Pakistan\u2019s counterterrorism efforts during his congressional address\u2014a rare example of public praise from the U.S. president. This recognition, he argues, helped garner new allies in Washington who began to regard Pakistan\u2019s strategic perspective more seriously than India\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The article further recounts the May military skirmish: after Indian airstrikes targeting Pakistan\u2019s claims in Kashmir, Pakistan responded by downing Indian aircraft and capturing a pilot. Mamedov underscores that Trump\u2019s timely diplomatic intervention defused the four-day confrontation, and Pakistan\u2019s refusal to escalate the conflict earned widespread appreciation. The move was so significant that Pakistan even proposed nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n

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India rejected Trump\u2019s role as a mediator, yet diplomatic momentum clearly favored Pakistan. Mamedov highlights that the much-anticipated visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington did not take place, while Pakistan\u2019s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, received an exclusive invitation to the White House. This development underscores a notable realignment in geopolitical focus and priorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mamedov emphasizes that Field Marshal Munir\u2019s composed and balanced demeanor resonated with Trump, forging what he terms a \u201cbromance\u201d\u2014a close, personal rapport between the two leaders.<\/p>\n

The article details how U.S.-Pakistan cooperation broadened, with major economic agreements signed and additional tariffs slapped on India\u2014pushing New Delhi toward deeper ties with China and Russia. Notably, Modi was compelled to visit Beijing for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n

Yet amid these diplomatic victories, Mamedov poses a crucial question:
\u201cAre Washington\u2019s policies responding to a genuine, long-term shift\u2014or are these just transient moves driven by current interests?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington: International affairs scholar Eldar Mamedov asserts that Pakistan has significantly improved its relationship with the United States in recent years, attributing this progress largely to the positive stance taken by\u00a0 President Donald Trump. In an article published in The National Interest, Mamedov highlights that Trump made a striking acknowledgement of Pakistan\u2019s counterterrorism efforts during …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2768],"tags":[2905,174,2557,160,2114,2904,24,2409,2294],"class_list":["post-5727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-trending","tag-army-chief","tag-donald-trump","tag-field-marshal-asim-munir","tag-headline","tag-international","tag-national","tag-pakistan","tag-washington","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5729,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727\/revisions\/5729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}