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Nuclear weapon because he's losing something he never should have started in the first place. >> right on. right, right. you were defense secretary. you know what these kinds of back channel talks were like. is there anything the u.s. can do or say, frankly, that will pull putin back? >> i don't think it's as much the united states as it is the rest of the world. this past week or so we've had the chinese who have had this new special relationship with russia say they do not support anyone conducting warfare in another country using force to extend their boundaries. you had india also a major ...

Right. right. you were defense secretary. you know what these types of back channel talks are like. is there anything the u.s. can do or say to pull putin back? >> i don't think as much the united states as the rest of the world. this past week or so, we've had the chinese who have had this new special relationship with russia saying they do not support anyone conducting warfare in the another country using force to extend their boundaries. you had india also a major not partner but at least affiliation over the years with russia to buy much of their equipment from russia and a lot of their oi...

Experts, while speaking at a webinar on ‘Back-Channel Talks and India-Pakistan Relations’, at Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) emphasised ascertaining Indian intentions before investing in the process further. — Photo courtesy Maleeha Lodhi Twitter ISLAMABAD: Apprehensions about the backchannel engagement with India are growing because of what is being seen as an ‘absence of strategic clarity’ on Pakistani side. Concerns are also being fuelled by scant details of what is being discussed in the talks, concerns about Indian intentions behind its outreach, and pessimism about the proce...

See "absence of strategic clarity" on Pakistani side.

Close X Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar analyses whether there is a backchannel currently in play between India and Pakistan There have been a slew of media reports on a “backchannel dialogue” between the two countries that are discussing a number of initiatives. Two Pakistani news sites reported that the current round of negotiations allegedly date as far back as to 2018, and that Indian and Pakistan officials discussed, amongst other things, the possibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending a SAARC summit in Pakistan in October 2021. Now, a UAE diplomat confirmed repor...