Pakistan Security Dilemma

Pakistan's security issues have been spiraled to a 'Security Dilemma'. Pakistan's core issue of Jammu and Kashmir is central to its security outlook. Pakistan was militarily weak at the onset that pushed it to international military alliances, primarily aimed to overcome its military and infrastructural deficiencies through aid from Western allies. Participation in alliances was primarily against Indian threat. As a member of international alliances it could not use that lever to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue with India and rather became part of international political and ideological controversies escalating to a 'Security Dilemma'. The study finds out that Western strategic cultures are one of the factors and causes of Pakistan's Security Dilemma besides Pakistan's chaotic political environment and inconsistent foreign policy. Pakistan is exposed to the global power players who exploit Pakistan's security fault lines to extract their interests. Pakistan is confronting the menace of terrorism from both NATO allies and Taliban. Pakistan is considered strategically facilitating the NATO alliance reinforcing NATO nations' strategies against Taliban insurgency.