Pakistan's Foreign Policy

Contemporary Developments and Dynamics
Herausgegeben:Ali, Ghulam

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses Pakistan's foreign policy and external relations with a focus on contemporary developments, including the impact of the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the powerful military, and the "middle power" status.

Structured in two parts - Foundation and Operationalization - the book provides a broad overview of Pakistan's foreign policy and addresses specific foreign policy choices. Contributor's explore issues such as Pakistan's middle power status from a theoretical perspective, Imran Khan's foreign policy, Pakistan's relations with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the EU, and Pakistan's evolving Indian Ocean strategy. Based on in-depth interviews with Pakistani scholars, politicians, and diplomats, the book offers a timely perspective on Pakistan's foreign policy.

The book will be of interest to academics working on Pakistan, South Asian Politics, Security and Conflict Studies, International Relations and Foreign Policy, and Asian Studies.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032169057
• ISBN-10: 1032169052
• Artikelnr.: 63397063

Autorenporträt

Ghulam Ali is an Associate Professor at School of Marxism, Department of Political Science, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China. He is the author of China- Pakistan Relations: A Historical Analysis (2017) and co-editor of Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan Governance, Development and Environment (Routledge, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I

Foundation

1. Foreign Policy of Contemporary Pakistan: An Overview

Ghulam Ali

2. Pakistan's Foreign Policy Under Imran Khan

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery

3. Is Pakistan a Middle Power?

Samee Lashari

4. The Military and Foreign Policy in Pakistan: An Analysis

Ejaz Hussain

Part II

Operationalization

5. China-Pakistan: A Decade of Transformation in Diplomacy, 2010-2020

Gul-i-Hina Shahzad-Van Der Zwan and Rabbiya Kamal Nagra

6. Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: From Uncertainty and Confrontation to Optimism

Muhammad Azam

7. Indian Factor in Pakistan's Policy Towards Afghanistan

Shahzad Akhtar and Arshad Ali

8. Geopolitics, the Thucydides Trap and the China-Pakistan-India Trilateral

Rizwan Zeb

9. Conservative Administration in Iran and the Future of Pakistan-Iran Relations

Khurram Abbas

10. Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Is Past the Prologue?

Rabia Akhtar

11. The Contours of Pakistan's Relations with Russia

Adeela Ahmed

12. European Union (EU)-Pakistan Relations: A Critique of Strategic Engagement Plan

Najimdeen Bakare