Pakistan's enduring challenges / / edited by C. Christine Fair and Sarah J. Watson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788052303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8122-9096-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.9105/3
• Soggetti: Democracy - Pakistan - 21st century; Internal security - Pakistan - 21st century; Military assistance, American - Pakistan - 21st century; Political stability - Pakistan - 21st century; Religious militants - Pakistan - 21st century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Pakistan Politics and government
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Pakistan’s Enduring Challenges -- Chapter 1. Pakistani Militancy in the Shadow of the U.S. Withdrawal -- Chapter 2. A Cooperative Jihad? The Religious Logic of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and the Limits of Pan-Sunni Cooperation in Pakistan -- Chapter 3. The Future of the American Drone Program in Pakistan -- Chapter 4. The Safety and Security of the Pakistani Nuclear Arsenal -- Chapter 5. Democracy on the Leash in Pakistan -- Chapter 6. New Media in Naya Pakistan: Technologies of Transformation or Control? -- Chapter 7. Pakistan’s Self-Inflicted Economic Crises -- Chapter 8. America and Pakistan After 2014: Toward Strategic Breathing Space -- Chapter 9. Partner or Enemy? The Sources of Attitudes Toward the United States in Pakistan -- Chapter 10. Friends of Last Resort: Pakistan’s Relations with China and Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 11. Violent Nonstate Actors in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Relationship: Historical Context and Future Prospects -- Contributors ; -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: From the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001 to the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2014, Pakistan's military cooperation was critical to the United States. Yet Pakistani politics remain a source of anxiety for American policymakers. Despite some progress toward democratic consolidation over the last ten years, Pakistan's military still asserts power over the country's elected government. Pakistan's western regions remain largely ungoverned and home to the last remnants of al-Qaeda's original leadership as well as multiple militant groups that have declared war on the Pakistani state. The country's economy is in shambles, and continuing tensions with India endanger efforts to bring a durable peace to a region haunted by the distant threat of nuclear war. Pakistan's Enduring Challenges surveys the political and economic landscape of Pakistan in the wake of U.S. military withdrawal. Experts in the domestic and international affairs of the region consider the country's prospects from a variety of angles, including security issues and nuclear posture, relations with Afghanistan, India, and the United States, Pakistan's Islamist movements, and the CIA's use of drone warfare in Pakistan's tribal areas. This timely volume offers a concise, accessible, and expert guide to the currents that will shape the country's future. Contributors: Christopher Clary, C. Christine Fair, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Karl Kaltenthaler, Feisal Khan, William J. Miller, Aparna Pande, Paul Staniland, Stephen Tankel, Tara Vassefi, Sarah J. Watson, Joshua T. White, Huma Yusef.