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  • South Asia in World Politics

    by Devin T. Hagerty, Craig Baxter, Jonah Blank, Maya Chadda, Herbert G. Hagerty, Timothy D. Hoyt, Gaurav Kampani, Peter R. Lavoy, Swarna Rajagopalan, Anupam Srivastava, David Taylor, Robert G. Wirsing ...
    Series series Asia in World Politics
    South Asia in World Politics offers a comprehensive introduction to the politics and international relations of South Asia, a key area encompassing the states of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While U.S. interest has long been sporadic and reactive, 9/11 alerted Washington that paying only fitful attention to one of the world's most volatile ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Kashmir in the Shadow of War

    Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age

    by Robert G. Wirsing ...
    This timely study examines the Indian-Pakistani conflict over Kashmir as this long-standing confrontation between regional rivals became inflamed. It focuses on the period from the effective nuclearization of the dispute in 1998 to the introduction of U.S. troops into the region in connection with the war in Afghanistan. Four chapters take on key problems illustrated by this case: Regional rivalry ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Imagining Industan

    Overcoming Water Insecurity in the Indus Basin

    Edited by Zafar Adeel, Robert G. Wirsing ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Fighting to the End

    The Pakistan Army's Way of War

    by C. Christine Fair ...
    Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, its army has dominated the state. The military establishment has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India, with the primary aim of wresting Kashmir from it. To that end, Pakistan initiated three wars over Kashmir-in 1947, 1965, and 1999-and failed to win any of them. Today, the army continues to prosecute this dangerous policy by employing non-state ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Arab Spring: The Making of the New Middle East

    by Hichem Karoui ...
    This is a collection of essays written about the Arab revolts, and trying to answer the questions many people are raising: why did such revolts occur? Were they preceded by precursory signs? What role played the domestic political elite in toppling the dictators? What role played the foreign powers? What were the claims of the protesters? Were they manipulated? How about the political process that ... Read more

    $11.60 USD

  • India, Pakistan, and Democracy

    Solving the Puzzle of Divergent Paths

    by Philip Oldenburg ...
    The question of why some countries have democratic regimes and others do not is a significant issue in comparative politics. This book looks at India and Pakistan, two countries with clearly contrasting political regime histories, and presents an argument on why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not. Focusing on the specificities and the nuances of each state system, the author examines in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • A Path Out of the Desert

    A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

    by Kenneth Pollack ...
    “A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –KirkusThe greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. By inflaming political unrest and empowering terrorists, these forces pose ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Sudan

    Race, Religion, and Violence

    by Jok Madut Jok ...
    Sudan has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. After decades of civil war, rebel uprisings and power struggles, in 2011 it gave birth to the world’s newest country – South Sudan. But it’s not been an easy transition, and the secession that was meant to pave the path to peace, has plunged the region into further chaos.In this updated edition of his ground-breaking investigation, Jok ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Pakistan

    Courting the Abyss

    by Tilak Devasher ...
    Recent writings on Pakistan have tended to focus on the role of the Pakistan Army, the nuclear programme, terrorism, Pak-Afghan and Pak-US relations and, of course, Indo-Pak relations. Pakistan: Courting the Abyss goes beyond sensationalist headlines and current crises like terrorism and tensions with India, to the deeper malaise that afflicts the nation. The book examines issues like identity, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Future of Pakistan

    by Stephen P. Cohen ...
    With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world affairs. Home of the world's second-largest Muslim population, epicenter of the global jihad, location of perhaps the planet's most dangerous borderlands, and armed with nuclear weapons, this South Asian nation will go a long way toward determining what the world looks like ten years from now. The Future of Pakistan ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics in Southwest Asia

    Pakistan and Afghanistan since 9/11

    by Iftikhar H. Malik ...
    Series series Anthem Middle East Studies
    ‘Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics in Southwest Asia’ brings together Pakistan and Afghanistan as two inseparable entities by investigating areas such as the evolution and persistence of the Taliban, quest for Pashtun identity, the ambivalent status of the tribal region and the state of civic clusters on both sides. In addition to their relations with the United States and the EU, a due attention ... Read more

    $21.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • India-Pakistan in War and Peace

    by J. N. Dixit ...
    As the Kashmir dispute brings India and Pakistan ominously close to nuclear war this book provides a compelling account of the history and politics of these two great South Asian rivals. Like the Israel-Palestine struggle, the Indian-Pakistan rivalry is a legacy of history. The two countries went to war within months of becoming independent and, over the following half-century, they have fought ... Read more

    $225.00 USD