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India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?

March 22, 2015

Beginning in 1947, when “India and Pakistan were born to conflict,” renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world’s most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their […]
The Scorpion’s Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan-And How It Threatens America

March 22, 2015

The war in Afghanistan has raged on longer than any war in U.S. history, and far from suppressing the insurgency being waged by radical Islamic militants, it has led to stronger alliances among al Qaeda, the Taliban, and a host of once-autonomous militant groups and has inspired a flood of new recruits. In addition to […]
Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal (Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks)

March 22, 2015

Pakistan’s Foreign Policy is a penetrating analysis of Pakistan’s foreign policy from the time of Independence in 1947 until the beginning of the new millennium. The formulation of Pakistan’s foreign policy has been discussed from a fresh perspective. Shahid Amin has tried to pragmatically examine the structural failures of Pakistan’s foreign policy-making process and calls […]
The Ideological Struggle for Pakistan (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

March 22, 2015

Since its inception in 1947, the idea of Pakistan has been a contested one. Today, Pakistan faces a militant Islamist threat that its elected government is trying to combat in fractious collaboration with the army. As the country finds itself on the defensive against an array of groups claiming to wave the banner of Islam, […]
Sindh Revisited: A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton

March 22, 2015

Sindh Revisited is the remarkable story of the author’s fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It is the story of an incredible journey, too – deep into the heart of British India, and the India and Sindh of today. The very name of Sir Richard Burton conjures up images of […]
Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad

March 22, 2015

Pakistan and the United States have been locked in a deadly embrace for decades. Successive American presidents from both parties have pursued narrow short-term interests in the South Asian nation, and many of the resulting policies proved counterproductive in the long term, contributing to political instability and a radicalized public. This background has helped set […]
Meatless Days

March 22, 2015

In this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan, Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan’s independence with her own most intimate memories—of her Welsh mother; of her Pakistani father, prominent political journalist Z.A. Suleri; of her tenacious grandmother Dadi and five siblings; and of her own passage to the West.”Nine autobiographical tales that […]
K2 the 1939 Tragedy

March 22, 2015

After an incident-packed 1938 attempt, an American team made another bid to climb the world’s second highest peak the following year. The expedition was led by the mercurial Austrian emigre Fritz Wiessner. With the more experienced climbers recovering after the events of 1938, Wiessner was forced to take a weaker team that included a number […]
India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia (Contemporary Asia in the World)

March 22, 2015

In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation as to whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of the most comprehensive books on South Asia’s new nuclear era, Šumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer […]
Pakistan

March 22, 2015

BORN ONLY FIVE YEARS AFTER PAKISTAN WAS CREATED IN 1947, IMRAN KHAN HAS LIVED HIS COUNTRY S HISTORY. UNDERMINED BY A RULING ELITE, AND UNABLE TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE FROM THE CARNAGE OF REGULAR BOMBINGS FROM TERRORISTS AND ITS OWN ALLY, AMERICA, PAKISTAN HAS FOR YEARS SUFFERED FROM INSTABILITY. NOW IMRAN KHAN AND HIS OWN […]

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