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| Question | Answer |
| Which author discusses India's decision making? | Rudra Chaudhuri |
| What does Chaudhuri say India's decisions are based on? | Strategic Culture of not asking for help and valuing independence |
| What was the motivation of the SU interest in India? | Contain spread of Chinese influence |
| What was the name of the Indo/Soviet treaty? | Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation |
| When was the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation | 1971 |
| What was the name of the short lived defence organisation for the region? | SEATO - South East Asia Treaty Organisation |
| What was the second defence pact in the region? | The Baghdad Pact |
| How did alignment look during the Cold War? | Pakistan - Aligned to US. India - Non Alligned |
| What was the US interest in the region? | Containment of Communism |
| What two things did the US use Pakistan for? | Intelligence bases (U2 and SIGINT) for spying on SU. Also wanted to use PAK for defence of ME |
| What did the US's linkages to Pakistan do to India? | Deeply alienated them, forced them towards SU |
| What did the US provide to Pak to help with Containment? What did the Paks use them for? | Use provided arms, Pak used them to fight India |
| What were the Northern Tier states? | Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan |
| What was the purpose of the Northern Tier? | Protect ME from SU |
| How did the Paks use US? | Spun to look like anti-communist - really interested in countering India |
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