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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694459803321

Autore

Wirsing Robert

Titolo

Baloch nationalism and the geopolitics of energy resources : the changing context of separatism in Pakistan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Strategic Studies Institute U S Army War College, 2008

Descrizione fisica

vii, 55 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Colloquium report / Strategic Studies Institute Baloch nationalism and the geopolitics of energy resources

Disciplina

333.79095491/5

Soggetti

Power resources - Political aspects - Balochistan - Pakistan

Insurgency - Pakistan

Energy development - Balochiståan - Pakistan

Energy policy - Pakistan

Business & Economics

Industries

Balochistān (Pakistan) History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-55).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Energy geopolitics I: Balochstan's energy resources -- Energy geopolitics II: natural gas pipelines -- Energy geopolitics III: Gwadar and the Central Asia transport corridor -- Baloch nationalism: aims and potential -- Pakistan's response to Baloch nationalism -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The author examines the energy context of the simmering Baloch separatist insurgency that has surfaced in recent years in Pakistan's sprawling Balochistan province. In particular, he looks at how Pakistan's mounting energy insecurity--a product of rapid increase in demand coupled with rising scarcity and the region's intensified energy rivalry--has both magnified the economic and strategic importance of this province while at the same time complicating Pakistan's efforts to cope with the province's resurgent tribal separatism. The author concludes that Pakistan's government needs to overhaul its counterinsurgent policies to avoid protracted conflict and to enlist the Baloch as partners



in energy development, not antagonists of it.