Pakistan and a World in Disorder: A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century

222 Pages·2016·2.42 MB·English

by  Javid Husain (auth.)

A Grand Strategy for the
Twenty-First Century
JAVID HUSAIN
Pakistan and a World in Disorder

Javid   Husain
Pakistan and a World
in Disorder
A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century
Javid   Husain
South Asia Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Austin , Texas, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-60029-5 ISBN 978-1-137-59962-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59962-9
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ONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
2 A World in Disorder 7
3 China’s Rise and the Global Order 33
4 India: An Aspiring Hegemon 51
5 Regionalism and Pakistan 69
6 Post-2014 Afghanistan 85
7 Iran: An Estranged Friend 1 05
8 Islamophobia and the West 1 27
9 Evaluation of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1 43
10 Toward Comprehensive Security 171
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11 A Grand Strategy for Pakistan 183
Bibliography 2 01
Index 2 11
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IST OF LLUSTRATIONS
Fig. 2.1 Actual and projected top 20 economies ranked by GDP at
market exchange rates 15
Fig. 5.1 Evolutionary path of a regional economic organization 76
Fig. 9.1 Short-term vs. long-term security 152
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