Perhaps what is lacking in the discussion is, the possibility that Pakistan and India don't need to go to war or be enemies. Pakistan has neither rented nor handed over Gwadar to anyone. Gwadar was developed for two reasons. Pakistan needed more ports and secondly, Central Asia needed an access to the sea and Gwadar fitted the bill.
Pakistan is an indepndent country and not rented out to anyone.No one claims India is a Russian stooge because of a predominance of Russian arms in the Indian armed forces arsenal or Russian help in the Missile and space program. Were Pakistan rented out, they would not require a nuclear program. If India has the bomb, then Pakistan has the bomb too. This one fact rules out fighting and concepts of dominating power in the Indian Ocean. With Gwadar, Pakistan has ensured that in case of a conflict its sea lanes will remain open because the Indian navy or any other navy would be spread out too thin to be effective in blockading Pakistan by sea.
Where India should really be looking is the Bay of Bengal because they share it with Myanmar and the Chinese are there physically. Then there is a Maoist insurgency in Nepal where the Maoists will sit in parliament, and Eastern India that borders both China and Myanmar. Can India share the Bay of Bengal with the Chinese and yet assure free access to the Straits of Malaccas to the Americans? That should be the question that needs an answer. Pakistan is not going to fight India because it would mean dest
