Pakistan At The Crossroads

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231540254

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Pakistan at the Crossroads by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

In Pakistan at the Crossroads, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States. In addition to ethnic strife in Baluchistan and Karachi, terrorist violence in Pakistan in response to the American-led military intervention in Afghanistan and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by means of drones, as well as to Pakistani army operations in the Pashtun area, has reached an unprecedented level. There is a growing consensus among state leaders that the nation's main security threats may come not from India but from its spiraling internal conflicts, though this realization may not sufficiently dissuade the Pakistani army from targeting the country's largest neighbor. This volume is therefore critical to grasping the sophisticated interplay of internal and external forces complicating the country's recent trajectory.

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184007978

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Pakistan at the Crossroads by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

In Pakistan at the Crossroads, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics, economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States. This volume is critical to grasping the sophisticated interplay of internal and external forces complicating the country's recent trajectory.

Author : Sumantra Bose
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780300256871

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Kashmir at the Crossroads by Sumantra Bose Pdf

An authoritative, fresh, and vividly written account of the Kashmir conflict--from 1947 to the present The India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir is one of the world's incendiary conflicts. Since 1990, at least 60,000 people have been killed--insurgents, civilians, and military and police personnel. In 2019, the conflict entered a dangerous new phase. India's Hindu nationalist government, under Narendra Modi, repealed Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir's autonomous status and divided it into two territories subject to New Delhi's direct rule. The drastic move was accompanied by mass arrests and lengthy suspension of mobile and internet services. In this definitive account, Sumantra Bose examines the conflict in Kashmir from its origins to the present volatile juncture. He explores the global context of the current situation, including China's growing role, as well as the human tragedy of the people caught in the bitter dispute. Drawing on three decades of field experience in Kashmir, Bose asks whether a compromise settlement is still possible given the ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India and the complex geopolitical context.

Author : Mushtaq Ahmad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Pakistan
ISBN : LCCN:85932002

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Pakistan at the Crossroads by Mushtaq Ahmad Pdf

Author : Willem Marx
Publisher : Niyogi Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Balochistān (Pakistan)
ISBN : 9381523851

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Balochistan, at a Crossroads by Willem Marx Pdf

A fascinating account of British reporter Willem Marx's travels in Balochistan, a largely forgotten province of Pakistan, along with some spectacular images captured by French photojournalist Marc Wattrelot.

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9788184007077

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The Pakistan Paradox by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

The idea of Pakistan stands riddled with tensions. Initiated by a small group of select Urdu-speaking Muslims who envisioned a unified Islamic state, today Pakistan suffers the divisive forces of various separatist movements and religious fundamentalism. A small entrenched elite continue to dominate the country’s corridors of power, and democratic forces and legal institutions remain weak. But despite these seemingly insurmountable problems, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan continues to endure. The Pakistan Paradox is the definitive history of democracy in Pakistan, and its survival despite ethnic strife, Islamism and deepseated elitism. This edition focuses on three kinds of tensions that are as old as Pakistan itself. The tension between the unitary definition of the nation inherited from Jinnah and centrifugal ethnic forces; between civilians and army officers who are not always in favour of or against democracy; and between the Islamists and those who define Islam only as a cultural identity marker.

Author : Declan Walsh
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393249927

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The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by Declan Walsh Pdf

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

Author : James A. Millward
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849040679

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Eurasian Crossroads by James A. Millward Pdf

This is the history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Krygyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. This book explores the role it has played in the social, cultural and political development of Asia and the world.

Author : Parvez Hasan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022154061

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Pakistan's Economy at the Crossroads by Parvez Hasan Pdf

This book assesses Pakistan's economic performance during the first fifty years of its existence. It tries to answer two fundamental questions: what factors have contributed to the steady, if not spectacular, growth in Pakistan, despite high political volatility and the failure of development to dominate the national agenda over long periods of time? And why has the growth been so lopsided that the sustainability of the development process has been jeopardized? The book also presents an agenda for policy and institutional reform which would help to restore rapid growth, put the country's finances on a sound footing, and, above all, ensure a better distribution of growth benefits to all segments of the population.

Author : Aparna Pande
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317447597

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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan by Aparna Pande Pdf

With a population of 190 million, Pakistan is strategically located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and has the second largest Muslim population in the world. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan provides an in-depth and comprehensive coverage of issues from identity and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 to its external relations as well as its domestic social, economic and political issues and challenges. The Handbook is divided into the following sections: • Economy and development • External relations and security • Foundations and identity • Islam and Islamization • Military and jihad • Politics and institutions • Social issues The Handbook explains the reasons why Pakistan is so often at the forefront of our daily news intake, with a focus on religious and political factors. It asks questions regarding the institutions and political parties which govern Pakistan and provides an insight into the relationships which the country has forged since its creation, culminating in a discussion of the state’s involvement in conflict. Covering a range of topics, this Handbook offers a wide range of perspectives on Pakistan. Bringing together a group of leading international scholars on Pakistan, the Handbook is a cutting-edge and interdisciplinary resource for those interested in studying Pakistani politics, economics, culture and society and South Asian Studies.

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0143440594

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Pakistan at the Crossroads by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

Author : Iftikhar H Malik
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349212163

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Us-South Asian Relations 1940-47 by Iftikhar H Malik Pdf

Author : C. Christine Fair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199892709

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Fighting to the End by C. Christine Fair Pdf

The Pakistan Army is poised for perpetual conflict with India which it cannot win militarily or politically. What explains Pakistan's persistent revisionism despite increasing costs and decreasing likelihood of success? This book argues that an understanding of the army's strategic culture explains its willingness to fight to the end

Author : Noel Semple
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784711665

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Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads by Noel Semple Pdf

Who should be allowed to provide legal services to others? What characteristics must these services possess? Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book illuminates the policy choices involved in legal services regulation a

Author : Stephen P. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0815797613

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The Idea of Pakistan by Stephen P. Cohen Pdf

In recent years Pakistan has emerged as a strategic player on the world stage—both as a potential rogue state armed with nuclear weapons and as an American ally in the war against terrorism. But our understanding of this country is superficial. To probe beyond the headlines, Stephen Cohen, author of the prize-winning India: Emerging Power, offers a panoramic portrait of this complex country—from its origins as a homeland for Indian Muslims to a militarydominated state that has experienced uneven economic growth, political chaos, sectarian violence, and several nuclear crises with its much larger neighbor, India. Pakistan's future is uncertain. Can it fulfill its promise of joining the community of nations as a moderate Islamic state, at peace with its neighbors, or could it dissolve completely into a failed state, spewing out terrorists and nuclear weapons in several directions? The Idea of Pakistan will be an essential tool for understanding this critically important country.