Iron curtain was a tool of trade war that was imposed by British to stop trade between Russia, Central Asia, China and India. They created FATA as a buffer zone to enforce this. This ensured that India and present day Pakistan used British products only.
The poverty and lack of opportunities that we see in Eastern Europe, central Asia and all the way to India and Pakistan has to do with Iron curtain that is still in place after almost 200 years since it was put in place.
America wants to continue occupying Afghanistan and use it as iron curtain to block Russia and China. They also want to destabilize Iran and Pakistan along the same lines as Syria, Libya and Iraq. In fact, we desperately need America to get out of Afghanistan so that a stable Afghanistan can be created and trade can flow through Afghanistan. Now considering American war is not our war we should also stop supporting American occupation as soon as possible.
Pakistan supported America in war on terror, and is still supporting America by giving them land route for supplies, while Americans are supporting terrorism against our civilians and forces in order destabilize Pakistan. They have in fact taken it to next level by using economic war fare against Pakistan as well.
Peace and prosperity of the world depends on opening the trade routes between Asia and Europe. Since, Britian and America are landlocked and geographically at a disadvantage, therefore they are trying their best to stop trade between Europe and Asia.
India needs to get rid of Iron curtain and be part of CPEC and OBOR as much as we do; and should not be supporting imperialist America who is just interested in using India and destroy China, Pakistan and Russia. In fact, India will be biggest loser even if America succeeds or loses because of its current policies. Only win win strategy for India is to work with China and Pakistan for opening up trade routes and ensure prosperity of the whole region.
From a policy perspective, here's whats keeping iron curtain in place for so long :-
1). India is now supporting iron curtain to gain upper hand against Pakistan and China. Kashmir dispute is key here; it was created to insure that Pakistan and India will perpetually play against each other.
2). America is occupying Afghanistan and intends to keep a long term presence there to enforce iron curtain and destabilize Pakistan, China, Iran and Central Asia. They want to deny opportunities of trade and prosperity to the whole region in any case. They can't use sanctions here, so military presence is mandatory.
To defeat this policy; Pakistan, India, China and Russia have to change their mindset and come up with equally powerful policy promoting free trade across the border regardless of the disputes. Once trade is flowing, then they should work together to extend the flow of trade to Europe and China. Once this happens, there will be no more iron curtain and hence there will be no more reason for Kashmir dispute and other self inflicted wounds or conflicts.
References
http://advancepakistan.com/2018/09/09/uspk2018/
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