From the author It is an authoritative and vivid account of the origins of the Kashmir conflict – based on more than forty interviews with…
Country or Region: Pakistan
Abstract This article re-examines the first Kashmir war between India and Pakistan on the basis of previously unavailable secret documents from the headquarters of the…
Summary Based on 30 years of research and analysis, this definitive book is a profound, multi-layered, and historical analysis of the nature and role of…
Summary This volume examines the role of the military, the most influential actor in Pakistan, and challenges conventional wisdom on the causes of political instability…
Summary This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones’ market-leading account of this critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the…
Summary Al Qaida was unable to realize its lethal potential until it found sanctuary in Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden fled after being expelled from…
From the author The event that compelled me to write this book was the clash in 1999 between the Pakistani and Indian armies in the…
Abstract The formal introduction of nuclear weapons into South Asian regional security raises important questions about the stability of the region. As two traditionally hostile states induct…
Summary The escalating tensions between India and Pakistan have received renewed attention of late. Since their genesis in 1947, the nations of India and Pakistan…
Summary How has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquility, become the focus of a dispute with the potential for nuclear conflict?…
Summary India and Pakistan will be among the most important countries in the twenty-first century. Born from the British Raj, they share a common heritage,…
Summary For nearly sixty years, India and Pakistan have battled over the territory of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed states have fought three bloody wars in…
Abstract This article examines the strategic wisdom of the US Predator drone campaign in Pakistan, particularly in light of the dramatic expansion in the number…
Abstract This article examines Pakistan’s use of asymmetric warfare as an instrument of foreign policy toward India since 1947 and in Afghanistan since the 1960s.…
Summary Daniel Byman’s hard-hitting and articulate book is the first to study countries that support terrorist groups. Focusing primarily on sponsors from the Middle East…
