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54% Indians, 43% Pakistanis see each other as top threat: Pew
A new Pew Research survey finds 54 per cent of Indians view Pakistan as their greatest geopolitical threat, with China at 21 per cent. Among Pakistanis, 43 per cent see India as…
The Story in Brief
A new Pew Research survey finds 54 per cent of Indians view Pakistan as their greatest geopolitical threat, with China at 21 per cent. Among Pakistanis, 43 per cent see India as their top threat, while 24 per cent each name Israel and China.
The survey, conducted across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, also shows 58 per cent of Indians view Russia favourably, and 45 per cent view the US favourably. Only 7 per cent of Pakistanis hold a positive view of India, while 90 per cent view China favourably. Most Sri Lankans (79 per cent) see India positively and name it their top ally.
The Indian Opinion
The Pew numbers confirm a familiar but depressing script: mutual suspicion between India and Pakistan is so baked in that even thawing US-Pakistan ties don't shift it. Yet the real story isn't the hostility, it's the asymmetry. Indians name Pakistan as threat No.1 but also split their alliances between Russia and the US. Pakistanis, by contrast, are nearly unanimous on China as their ally and enemy No.1 as India. The test is whether this static view survives a big economic or diplomatic shock, say, a change in US aid policy toward either country.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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