This book discusses Pakistan's foreign policy over the last three decades. Pakistan's relations with the major powers, with its neighbours and the Muslim world have been examined. The book also deals with important issues of foreign policy, such as, Kashmir, nuclear issues, and security imperatives. The post cold war challenges and the impact of unipolar world on foreign policy are also discussed.
Regional Powers and Small State Security recounts India's involvement in the affairs of its much smaller neighbor, Sri Lanka, over the question of Tamil separatists in the northern and eastern parts of the island.
Kashmir is the focal point of an acute regional dispute that has pitted India and Pakistan against one another ever since they gained their independence from Great Britain in 1947. Already, these bitter rivals have gone to war twice over Kashmir, leaving the state physically divided and heavily militarized. The eruption of massive anti-Indian violence in Indian Kashmir in early 1990 has changed…
A distinguished career in Pakistan's Foreign Service has provided Abdul Sattar with a unique, personal insight into the making, implementation and consequences of Pakistan's foreign policy from Partition to post-9/11. This concise history reflects his knowledge and experience, providing a thorough account which will be of interest to both the layman and the scholar.
How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still make sense to depict Japan as passive and reactive, or have the country's leaders become strategic and proactive? ""Japan in International Politics"" presents a nuanced picture of Japanese foreign policy, emphasizing the ways in which slow, adaptive chang…
Throughout the past three decades East Asia has seen more peace and stability than at any time since the Opium Wars of 1839-1841. During this period China has rapidly emerged as a major regional power, averaging over nine percent economic growth per year since the introduction of its market reforms in 1978. Foreign businesses have flocked to invest in China, and Chinese exports have begun to fl…
This is a new analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan, This is one of the most tense and potentially explosive relationships in world politic. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods and the consequences if China is to use force, a prospect that has become greater following the return of President Chen Shui- bian to power in Taiwan…
Examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the twenty-first century
It is not just, as many argue, a question of the rise of China. For the first time in history Asia will not be dominated by just one country or by outside powers. It will contain three large, economically powerful countries, all with interests and ambitions that range across the whole region and the world. The future of the world economy will be determined by the competition between these three…
The contents of this book: - Gascony and Anglo-French Relations - Wanderings of Diplomatic Document - English Diplomtic and Related Matters