Пакистан во внешней политике России. Геополитические императивы и динамика двусторонних отношений
Belokrenitsky Vyacheslav, Serenko Irina
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Москва, 2025, 628 p.
Content
Introduction . . . 5
Chapter 1. Russia in the Middle East – main stages of geopolitical evolution (second part of the 19th century – first quarter of the 21st century) . . . 19
The expansion of Russia in the direction of Middle Asia and establishment of Asian borders of the empire . . . 19
World wars of the 20th century and the struggle for the influence in the Near and Middle East . . . 25
Soviet geopolitical activities after World War II and the disintegration of the USSR . . . 31
The consolidation of Russia and the role of Middle East . . . 39
Chapter 2. Imperial calculations of the Great Britain, Islam and the creation of Pakistan . . . 49
Two tendencies in the Indian policy of England . . . 51
Islam and territorial nationalism . . . 91
Geopolitical significance of the North-Western region of India . . . 98
Chapter 3. Fluctuations in the Pakistani ties with the USSR and Russia . . . 119
The establishment of relations in the initial period . . . 119
Pakistan’s participation in the Western blocs and the debacle of 1960 . . . 149
The upward trajectory in the bilateral relations and the crisis in 1971 . . . 186
The zigzags of the 70–80-s and low level of ties in the 90s . . . 226
Chapter 4. Positive dynamics of the relations
between Pakistan and Russia in the first quarter
of the 21st century . . . 273
The normalization of Russian-Pakistani relations in the first decade of the new millennium . . . 273
Strengthening of bilateral cooperation of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the second decade of the current century . . . 345
The growing role of Pakistan in the foreign policy of Russia in the contemporary period (2022–2025) . . . 387
Conclusion . . . 440
Supplements . . . 447
Bibliography . . . 588
Summary . . . 619
