CONSOLIDATION OF US NATIONAL INTERESTS IN ASIA THROUGH ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND ITS IMPACTS: CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN, 1947-71

Authors

  • Safi Ullah Khan Marwat Department of History & Pakistan Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • Muhammad Abdullah Department of Social Sciences, Iqra University, Islamabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i3.250

Abstract

After 1945, the United States of America (USA) was worried about any possible harm to its interests within the Continent of Asia due to the ongoing rapid expansion of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Peoples Republic of China (PRC) after 1917 and 1949 respectively. Therefore, as a result of its Russo-Sino-phobia, the USA made alliances with the Asian countries based on their mutual national interests. In those relations, the USA was mostly an economic and military aid donor while its allies were recipients of that US-aid. In return, the USA was utilizing the geo-strategic positions of its allies in Asia to counter the USSR and PRC. Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947 with poor economic and military conditions at home having a conventional rival (India) on its eastern border. The USA offered friendship to it. Pakistan accepted the US-offer and the US started to utilize Pakistan's geo-strategic position against the USSR and PRC. In return, Pakistan got huge US-aid to improve its economic and military infrastructure. The central theme of this research paper is, 'how the US-aid played its role in economic and military development of Pakistan during 1947-71 and what were its impacts?

Key Words: National Interests, Economic and Military Aid, Pakistan-US relations, SEATO, CENTO

Author Biographies

  • Safi Ullah Khan Marwat, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad

    Assistant Professor

     

  • Muhammad Abdullah, Department of Social Sciences, Iqra University, Islamabad

     Lecturer

     

Additional Files

Published

2021-09-30

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2021): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

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“CONSOLIDATION OF US NATIONAL INTERESTS IN ASIA THROUGH ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND ITS IMPACTS: CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN, 1947-71”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 284–289, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v3i3.250.