title: Russia-Pakistan Military Cooperation: A Tectonic Shift?
abstract: On September 24, 2016, Russian Ground Forces and the Pakistani Army showcased their arsenal and demonstrated safety mechanism techniques at the Army High Altitude School in Rattu and at a special forces training center in Cherat in northern Pakistan. A first of its kind joint military exercise, termed Druzhba-2016 (Friendship 2016), was followed by a round of consultations between the respective foreign officiates in December 2016, in Islamabad. In addition, Pakistan’s military plans to receive 
journal: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)