Crime-terror nexus in South Asia : states, security, and non-state actors / / Ryan Clarke
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| Autore: |
Clarke Ryan
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| Titolo: |
Crime-terror nexus in South Asia : states, security, and non-state actors / / Ryan Clarke
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.3250954 |
| Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - Pakistan |
| Terrorism - South Asia | |
| Crime - Pakistan | |
| Crime - South Asia | |
| Security, International - South Asia | |
| National security - South Asia | |
| Non-state actors (International relations) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Crime-Terror Nexus in South Asia, States, security and non-stateactors; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Analysis of current research; 2 Misgovernance and proxy warfare in Kashmir: laying the groundwork for the crime-terror nexus; 3 The crime-terror nexus and Chinese arms in Indian-Held Kashmir; 4 Lashkar-i-Taiba: the fallacy of subservient proxies and the future of Islamist terrorism in India; 5 LeT and D-Company in Pakistan: selective justice, sectarianism and artifi cial distinctions |
| 6 Breakdown of order in FATA: driven by the Pakistani Taliban and Al-Qaeda but ideologically underwritten by LeT7 The Pakistani economy: imbalances and contradictions, incomplete Islamization and D-Company as a strategic asset; Concluding thoughts; Key policy points; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the crime-terror nexus in South Asia, focusing in particular on the activities of non-state actors that operate out of Pakistan, and challenges the conventional wisdom that the Pakistan Taleban (TTP) and Al-Qaeda are Pakistan's most serious security threats.Much research has focused on the policies of India and Pakistan towards Kashmir. But surprisingly little attention has been paid to several notable Pakistan-based non-state actors who are increasingly operating on their own, and who have the potential to greatly inhibit, if not derail, the peace process t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crime-terror nexus in South Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-283-10342-7 |
| 9786613103420 | |
| 1-136-73970-X | |
| 0-203-81894-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461466003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Asian security studies.