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Crime-terror nexus in South Asia : states, security, and non-state actors / / Ryan Clarke



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Autore: Clarke Ryan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crime-terror nexus in South Asia : states, security, and non-state actors / / Ryan Clarke Visualizza cluster
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)
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-73969-6
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.: 9910790079803321
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Serie: Asian security studies.