Deconstructing India-Pakistan Relations - State Security and Colonial History

This book examines the complex dynamics of India Pakistan relations in post-colonial setting. It will be of interest to South Asian security, India-Pakistan relations and the defence and foreign policy of Pakistan.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1: Postcolonial Predicament and the Problématique of State Security in South Asia; Chapter 2: Westphalia and Its Discontents; Chapter 3: Pakistan's Tryst with Postcolonial History and the Ontology of its State Behaviour; Chapter 4: The 1947 Cataclysm and the Making of Pakistan's India-Centred Problematique of State Security; Chapter 5: Constructing the Threat of a Hindu India; Conclusion;
Index

About the author

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar H.M. is currently a professor of International Relations and Global Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India. He has previously taught at the South Asian University (SAARC University), the University of Allahabad and the Karnatak University, Dharwad. His areas of interest include International Relations Theory, Political Theory and International Relations, Democratisation and Security in South Asia, the history of ideas in South Asia and Islamic thought and International Relations. He has authored/edited 8 books and 70 articles/book chapters, in his areas of expertise. Prof. Kumar is the author of The India Pakistan Sub-Conventional War: Democracy and Peace in South Asia and his forthcoming book is entitled Decolonizing Grand Theories: Postcolonial Ontology, Historical Sociology and Mid-Level Theories in International Relations.

Product details

• Authors: Sanjeev Kumar H. M., Sanjeev (University of Delhi Kumar H. M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032572659
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257265-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Pakistan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General