PUBL.- Pakistan's Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Making, Ijaz Khan
Posted by: Ijaz Khan <ikkhattak@yahoo.co.uk>
Book Publication
"Pakistan's Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Making: A Study of
Pakistan's Post 9/11 Afghan
Policy" (Author: Ijaz Khan; publishers: Nova Publishers, New York)
This is to share information about the recent publication of a new
book about Pakistan's Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Making. It
would be of interest to all those trying to understand Pakistan's role
in the 'War against Terrorism' in Afghanistan.
The book studies Pakistan's Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy
DecisionMaking process with the help of Prof. Karl Deutsch's Streams
of Information Model and explains why Pakistan supported Taliban, then
why, in the wake of 9/11, it changed that policy, noting the
difficulties it is facing as a result of the changed Afghan Policy.
It is argued that Pakistan's support for Taliban was a result of its
strategic culture that had developed over years, thus all its domestic
perceptions were woven around Pakistan's establishment belief that
Taliban serves Pakistan's regional security interests best. The change
resulting in abandoning of Taliban was more a result of external
inputs which conflicted with its long held security perceptions. Thus
one notes a growing crisis of state and society and more importantly
of international credibility as long as Pakistan's role in the 'War
against Terrorism' is concerned as pro Taliban Policy continues to be
viewed as a better option in a wide range of establishment
intelligentsia, not just the religious extremists. The book ends with
suggestions how and where to change Pakistan's decision making process
by changing its strategic culture, as required by Pakistan's changed
Foreign/Afghan Policy.
For further/purchase information, go to the publisher's website:
https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5861
Ijaz Khan, Ph.D.
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1 comment:
Its an excellent source for all those who want to understand the 'Problerm/Issue of Pakistan' in the context of 'Terrorism'
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