Why Nixon Chose Pakistan—and Lost India | S3E3 UME

America backed Pakistan—and India never forgot. In 1971, Pakistan helped Henry Kissinger secretly reach Beijing, making Pakistan indispensable to Nixon’s opening of China. When Pakistan’s army launched a brutal crackdown in East Pakistan and nearly 10 million refugees fled to India, Nixon continued supporting Pakistan—driving India toward the Soviet Union. The consequences of that decision still shape India–U.S. relations today. ********** 🚩About My 190th Guest Scholar: ⁠Dr. Šumit Ganguly is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he also directs the Huntington Program on Strengthening U.S.–India Relations. He has published extensively, including the following: 1) "The Troubling State of India’s Democracy" 2) "The Sino-Indian Rivalry" 3) "Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947" 4) "The Oxford Handbook of Indian Politics" Visit his academic homepage: https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people... ********** 🚩Related Interviews: ►Dr. Sidra Khan: ⁠"Why Pakistan Feels Used—and Abandoned—by America" Dr. Khan⁠ is a professor of international relations at Bahria University, in Karachi, Pakistan. One focus of her research is U.S. foreign policy and strategic alliances, particularly America's geopolitical and military strategy in Southwest Asia. --Watch my interview with Dr. Khan here:    • Why Pakistan Feels Used—and Abandoned—by A...   ***** 📑 Chapters: 0:00 Selected Highlights 2:35 Introduction 3:28 Why India Moved Toward the USSR 8:45 Why India Never Abandoned Nonalignment 10:58 America Shifts From India to Pakistan 13:59 Pakistan’s Secret Role in Opening China 21:15 How Nixon Lost India 22:42 Clinton Sanctions India’s Nuclear Program 27:19 U.S.–India Relations in the 21st Century 29:55 What Ruptured Trump and Modi’s Relationship? 37:59 Trump’s Tariffs Hit India 42:42 Why India Will Not Become America’s Britain ********** 🚩Connect With Me: Website: UnravelingMiddleEast.com YouTube: {   / @scholarsunravelmiddleeast  } 🚩Audio podcast: 🎧Apple Podcast:{https://bit.ly/UME-Apple} 🎧Spotify:{https://bit.ly/UME-Spotify} 🚩Support Our Program: We appreciate your financial support of our program. 🖱️https://historybehindnews.com/support ********** ⏩In this interview, Dr. Šumit Ganguly examines the history of India–U.S. relations—from Cold War nonalignment and Pakistan’s role in America’s opening to China to the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, India’s nuclear tests, American sanctions, and recent tensions between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi. He explains why Nixon’s support for Pakistan left a lasting wound in India—and why India continues to resist becoming a formal American ally. ********** 🚩Music & Video Attribution: 📽️This video is made with Filmora. 🎶 Santur: by Peyman Heydarian ⁠Santur.wav by xserra -- https://freesound.org/s/125654/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 🎶 The Desert | The Grand Score by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creatorchords.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.free-stock-music.com/alex... Music promoted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.free-stock-mu sic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... The volume and lengths of music used in this video have been modified 🔎Hashtags: #indiausrelations #indiahistory #indiapakistan #indiapakistanconflict #usforeignpolicy