Trump’s strategy of relying on Pak Army chief Munir ‘dangerously short

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Washington, July 15 US President Donald Trump’s outreach to Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir may seem like transactional diplomacy, but the approach is “dangerously short-sighted”, a report has stated. The Trump administration has relied on Munir as a principal intermediary in US-Iran diplomacy, welcoming him to the White House and highlighting Pakistan’s role in conveying messages and facilitating dialogue during times of heightened tensions. However, the US strategy overlooks fundamental strategic divergences, rewarding a military establishment whose growing grip on power at home is destabilising the region the United States aims to stabilise, Siddhant Kishore, a Washington-based national security and…

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