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This book analyses Pakistan's foreign policy and external relations with a focus on contemporary developments, including the impact of the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the powerful military, and the "middle power" status.
Structured in two parts - Foundation and Operationalization - the book provides a broad overview of Pakistan's foreign policy and addresses specific foreign policy choices. Contributor's explore issues such as Pakistan's middle power status from a theoretical perspective, Imran Khan's foreign policy, Pakistan's relations with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the EU, and Pakistan's evolving Indian Ocean strategy. Based on in-depth interviews with Pakistani scholars, politicians, and diplomats, the book offers a timely perspective on Pakistan's foreign policy.
The book will be of interest to academics working on Pakistan, South Asian Politics, Security and Conflict Studies, International Relations and Foreign Policy, and Asian Studies.
List of contents
Part I
Foundation
1. Foreign Policy of Contemporary Pakistan: An Overview
Ghulam Ali
2. Pakistan's Foreign Policy Under Imran Khan
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
3. Is Pakistan a Middle Power?
Samee Lashari
4. The Military and Foreign Policy in Pakistan: An Analysis
Ejaz Hussain
Part II
Operationalization
5. China-Pakistan: A Decade of Transformation in Diplomacy, 2010-2020
Gul-i-Hina Shahzad-Van Der Zwan and Rabbiya Kamal Nagra
6. Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: From Uncertainty and Confrontation to Optimism
Muhammad Azam
7. Indian Factor in Pakistan's Policy Towards Afghanistan
Shahzad Akhtar and Arshad Ali
8. Geopolitics, the Thucydides Trap and the China-Pakistan-India Trilateral
Rizwan Zeb
9. Conservative Administration in Iran and the Future of Pakistan-Iran Relations
Khurram Abbas
10. Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Is Past the Prologue?
Rabia Akhtar
11. The Contours of Pakistan's Relations with Russia
Adeela Ahmed
12. European Union (EU)-Pakistan Relations: A Critique of Strategic Engagement Plan
Najimdeen Bakare
About the author
Ghulam Ali is an Associate Professor at School of Marxism, Department of Political Science, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China. He is the author of China– Pakistan Relations: A Historical Analysis (2017) and co-editor of Perspectives on Contemporary Pakistan Governance, Development and Environment (Routledge, 2020).
Summary
This book analyses Pakistan’s foreign policy and external relations with a focus on contemporary developments, including the impact of the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the powerful military and the ‘middle power’ status.
