Re:India launches military operation against Pakistan, explo...
by bilbo0s on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @12:03PM
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Sorry. Not buying it. Wayyy too many places to get money these days. It’s a multipolar world.
Again, no matter how important you think you are, you’ll need to do a whole lot more than dangle carrots to get that level of influence nowadays. There’s just too many power players for small nations to not play one against the other.
Usually it is the US influencing small countries and having a say in military decisions. Also coming up next is a full blown Chinese military base in Gwadar, something the USSR broke itself trying to get to.
> Far greater than 50%.
If you want to go with the stick yes. For the carrot, it's a bit different, you just have to dangle it. If China says jump, Pakistan will ask how high.