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Title Pakistan's enduring challenges / edited by C. Christine Fair and Sarah J. Watson
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages)
Contents Introduction: Pakistan's enduring challenges / C. Christine Fair and Sarah J. Watson -- Part I. Security Challenges -- Pakistani militancy in the shadow of the U.S. withdrawal / Stephen Tankel -- A cooperative jihad? The religious logic of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and the limits of pan-Sunni cooperation in Pakistan / Joshua T. White -- The future of the American drone program in Pakistan / Sarah J. Watson and C. Christine Fair -- The safety and security of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal / Christopher Clary -- Part II. Domestic Political and Economic Issues -- Democracy on the leash in Pakistan / C. Christine Fair -- New media in Naya Pakistan: technologies of transformation or control? / Huma Yusuf -- Pakistan's self-inflicted economic crises / Feisal Khan -- Part III. Foreign Relations -- America and Pakistan after 2014: toward strategic breathing space / Paul Staniland -- Partner or enemy? The sources of attitudes toward the United States in Pakistan / Karl Kaltenthaler and William J. Miller -- Friends of last resort: Pakistan's relations with China and Saudi Arabia / Aparna Pande -- Violent nonstate actors in the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship: historical context and future prospects / Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Military assistance, American -- Pakistan -- 21st century
Democracy -- Pakistan -- 21st century
Religious militants -- Pakistan -- 21st century
Internal security -- Pakistan -- 21st century
Political stability -- Pakistan -- 21st century
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
International Relations / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
Democracy
Diplomatic relations
Economic history
Internal security
Military assistance, American
Military relations
Political stability
Politics and government
Religious militants
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
South Asia.
SUBJECT United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan
Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Pakistan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Pakistan
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Fair, C. Christine.
Watson, Sarah J.
ISBN 9780812290967
0812290968
1322880093
9781322880099