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Pakistan's Quagmire
Author : Usama Butt
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 14,41 MB
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0826433006
Pakistan's Democratic Transition
Author : Ishtiaq Ahmad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317235940
Book Description
Politics in Pakistan has traditionally been understood in the context of civil-military relationship. In May 2013, for the first time in history, Pakistan saw an elected government complete a full term in office and transfer power through the ballot box to another civilian government. In view of such an important development, this book offers critical perspectives on Pakistan’s current democratic transition and its implications for national politics, security and foreign policy. It critically analyses the emerging political trends in the country, including their underlying sources, attributes, constraints, and prospects of sustainability. Drawing on history, diverse theoretical perspectives, and empirical evidence, it explains the dynamics of the democratic process, contested borders and spaces, and regionalism. Contributions are from 13 prominent scholars in the field, who provide a wide-ranging analysis of Pakistan’s contemporary national and regional challenges, as well as the opportunities they entail for its viability as a democratic state. Taking the debate on Pakistan beyond the outmoded notions of praetorian politics and security, the book explores the future prospects of civilian supremacy in the country. It will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian Politics, Political Sociology and Security Studies, as well as policy-makers, diplomats, security experts and military professionals.
Pakistan's Quagmire
Author : Usama Butt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1441191747
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Pakistan and a World in Disorder
Author : Javid Husain
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137599626
Book Description
This book delineates the role that Pakistan should play in the largely anarchic world of the twenty-first century in order to best serve the country’s long-term national interests. Its main aim is to lay down the parameters within which Pakistan’s grand strategy should be formulated, taking into account the evolving global and regional security environment and Pakistan’s historical experience. Provided here is an in-depth analysis and critical evaluation of the past record of Pakistan’s foreign policy within this context, bringing out its successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses. Based on these analyses, a comprehensive approach is recommended for safeguarding Pakistan’s national security and promoting its prosperity utilizing a strategy that is a marked departure from the military-dominated, uni-dimensional policies the country has followed thus far. Besides providing guidelines to Pakistan’s policy makers and intelligentsia, this book will be of interest to academics, foreign observers, and general readers in understanding the constraints and parameters within which Pakistan – a de facto nuclear-weapon state of 190 million people at the cross-roads of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf – must operate to safeguard its national interests in the turbulent times ahead.
Economic Growth or a Debt Trap for Pakistan
Author : Dr. Shabir Choudhry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2018-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1546297588
Book Description
With the CPEC, Pakistan may have a new infrastructure on its land, but it is for the Chinese goods and lorries; and to advance the Chinese global agenda. Aim of the CPEC is not to empower Pakistan and its people. In view of many Pakistanis, this new relationship is not an economic partnership with China. It is a new form of colonialism, but if the Pakistani ruling elite, and people of Pakistan are happy with this new relationship then no one from outside can help them.
Deconstructing India-Pakistan Relations
Author : Sanjeev Kumar H. M.
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1003817742
Book Description
This book examines the complex dynamics of India-Pakistan relations, by situating the same in the postcolonial setting of the subcontinent. In pursuit of this, the book analyses the impact of the linkages between the postcolonial processes of state-making and the structuring of political communities, upon the evolution of the problématique of state security in South Asia. For the purpose of undertaking this task, the author deconstructs the countries’ colonial history, with an aim to mapp its impact on the making of the foreign policy of Pakistan. Drawing primarily from colonial discourse theory and historical sociology, the book links the trajectory of Pakistan’s international politics, to its domestic politics and “weak state” inheritances. By doing this, it offers a stimulating treatment of the history of the country’s troubled postcolonial relations with India. This has been done in the book, by presenting the modes by which the religio-military and politico-bureaucratic classes that constitute the power elite in Pakistan, tended to have moulded an India-centred State security problématique. This book will be of interest to researchers studying South Asian security, India-Pakistan relations and the defence and foreign policy of Pakistan.
The Realities and the Myths of The Clash of Civilizations
Author : Faruque Hasan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2013-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1300835974
Book Description
It's a book to contribute to the establishment of world peace. The aim of the book is to dispel misconceptions about the history and establish cordial relationship among the followers of different faiths. The book has also explained that the cause of the future conflict will not be the cultures/religions but economic interests of different nation states.
Pakistans Spy Agencies
Author : Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 938962049X
Book Description
The imbalance of Pakistan’s civil-military relations has caused misperceptions about the changing role of intelligence in politics. The country maintains 32 secret agencies working under different democratic, political and military stakeholders who use them for their own interests. Established in 1948, The ISI was tasked with acquiring intelligence of strategic interests and assessing the intensity of foreign threats, but political and military stakeholders used the agency adversely and painted a consternating picture of its working environment. The civilian intelligence agency-Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been gradually neglected due to the consecutive military rule and weak democratic governments. The ISI today seems the most powerful agency and controls the policy decisions. The working of various intelligence agencies, militarisation of intelligence and ineffectiveness of the civilian intelligence are some of the issues discussed in the book.
The Geopolitics of Energy in South Asia
Author : Chowdhury Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000417654
Book Description
This book examines the relation between energy and politics in South Asia and explores the geopolitics surrounding energy security in the region. Analyzing energy security and the scramble for resources in South Asia, the book highlights the important role of energy in light of the rapid economic growth of South Asian countries. The book analyzes the current energy security status of the countries in South Asia, their strengths and weaknesses, and the policies that need to be implemented in order to ensure their energy security. Focusing on Bangladesh as a case study, the author argues that the country is geographically important both in respect to its energy resources and as an energy hub. The author applies a novel analytical framework to measure the energy security of the region and examines the role of the US and China in this geopolitical scenario. A new assessment of energy security issues and the geopolitical aspect of energy security, this book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of energy studies and security, International Relations, South Asian Studies and Asian Politics.
Radicalization in Pakistan
Author : Muhammad Shoaib Pervez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000261042
Book Description
This book offers a critical analysis of radicalization in Pakistan by deconstructing the global and the official state narratives designed to restrain Pakistani radicalization. Chapters are centered around three distinct themes: educational norms, religious practices and geo-political aspects of radicalization to examine the prevalent state and global practices which propagate Pakistani radicalization discourse. The book argues that there is both a global agenda, which presents Pakistan as the epicenter and sponsor of terrorism, and a domestic, or official, agenda that portrays Pakistan as the state which sacrificed and suffered the most in the recent War on Terror, which allow the country to gain sympathy as a victim. Delineating both conflicting agendas through a critical analysis of global and state practices in order to understand the myths and narratives of radicalization in Pakistan constructed by powerful elites, the book enables readers to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon. A multidisciplinary critical approach to comprehending radicalization in Pakistan with innovative prescriptions for counter-radicalization policy, this book will be of interest to researchers working in the fields of International Relations, Security Studies, Asian Politics, as well as Religious Studies and Education, in particular in the context of South Asia.
