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

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 o...

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Other Authors: Fair, C. Christine, Watson, Sarah J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Pakistan's enduring challenges / C. Christine Fair and Sarah J. Watson
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.