Pakistan's Identity as a National State: A Comprehensive Analysis

Abstract

The defining geo-political contest of our time is between China and the United States. How would South Asia generally and Pakistan particularly respond to these developments is a billion dollar question, which will be addressed in this research. Significant economic, political and military changes are taking place in the world. The United States, which was a superpower after the end of Second World War, became a supreme super power at the end of the Cold War. This research paper delves in to multifaceted identity of Pakistan as a national state in order to scrutinize its relationship with United States, India, and its status for being the sole Muslim Nuclear state. In the light of these factors it analyses the identity of Pakistan at international level. China is another factor which has been comprehensively comprehended in terms of its influence on Pakistan National identity.