and diluting its commitment

Although lessons from history tend to be contingent, inexact and messy, the most direct, yet partial historical example comes from the Indian Subcontinent, which will provide some context and illuminate why the Trump administration is pursuing diplomacy to broker an end to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and diluting its commitment to NATO. The India-Pakistan War of 1965 broke out as a result of Pakistani aggression against India. The war itself was preceded by several key developments such as an encounter between Indian and Pakistani forces in the Rann of Kutch in early 1965. More critically, the decade preceding the war witnessed Pakistan join multiple treaties in the 1950s, ostensibly to counter communism but primarily to bolster its military against India. These treaties included the Middle East Defence Organisation (MEDO), the Central Treaty สล็อต