http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/D0BsPwzpuBn9saNbIBDy2L/The-US-has-many-levers-against-Pakistans-perfidy.html Pakistani leaders know well the limitations that could arise from having just one patron, China Livemint A significant section of American academia argues that the US has minimal coercive leverage over Pakistan. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint It wasn’t the best start to the new year for the Pakistani establishment as US President Donald Trump chose to target their country via Twitter on the first day of 2018. Trump expressed his extreme annoyance with Pakistan’s “lies and deceit”, even though it had received more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years. After his tweet, other spokesmen and officials of the US government, including Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, have indicated that the $255 million of foreign military financing (FMF) that has been withheld for a few months may not actually be disbursed at all. Other elements of security aid and coalition s
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