Pakistan's Foreign Policy - Contemporary Developments and Dynamics

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.

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ghulam Ali (Editor), Ali Ghulam (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032169071
• ISBN: 978-1-032-16907-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Weight: 410 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General