ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, could scarcely have asked for more. As America and other wealthy nations courted India, Pakistan’s fiercest competitor, his nation, plagued by debt and rebel conflict, had been marginalized in geopolitics.
And yet, on June 18, a little more than a month after Pakistan’s brief war with India, he was in the White House having a private lunch with Donald Trump. Then, at the end of July, Trump imposed 25% tariffs while praising a new trade agreement with Pakistan, further undermining India’s economy by calling it a dead economy.
The Field Marshal’s success is indicative of a change in U.S. strategy that impacts China, India, and the Middle East, according to The Economist.
