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Zusatztext "Pakistan's Quagmire encapsulates Pakistan's current problems and their genesis. It offers a detailed read on issues that occupy considerable space even outside Pakistan such as the army's omni-present role, the Islamists, the existential threat at the hands of al Qaeda and Tehrike Taliban Pakistan, and also puts fears of an Islamist or military re-takeover in a realistic perspective. It is a useful guide and analysis on the present day Pakistan for those interested in this turbulent region." --Imtiaz Gul, author of The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier Informationen zum Autor Usama Butt is a political and security researcher/analyst based in the UK. An op-ed columnist at Khaleej times, he has written for many other newspapers & blogs in the UK, Middle East and Pakistan. His specialties lie in global Islamist movements and Middle Eastern/South Asian region. N. Elahi is Honorary Director of the Centre for Peace and Security Studies at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Klappentext Analyzes Pakistan's security and insurgency issues! looking at the threats posed to and by this nuclear-armed Islamic nation. This title focuses on the insurgency in Pakistan! a security problem not only for the country! but also for the region and the rest of the world. Vorwort International experts analyze Pakistan's security and insurgency issues, looking at the threats posed to and by this nuclear-armed Islamic nation. Zusammenfassung Analyzes Pakistan's security and insurgency issues! looking at the threats posed to and by this nuclear-armed Islamic nation. This title focuses on the insurgency in Pakistan! a security problem not only for the country! but also for the region and the rest of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Pakistan's Salvation: Islam or Western Inspired Secular-Liberal Democracy? Usama Butt Chapter 2. Promising Partnership? American Af-Pak Strategy and Pakistan's Counter-terrorism Response Ishtiaq Ahmed Chapter 3. The Economic Cost of Extremism Sartaj Aziz Chapter 4. Insurrection, Terrorism, and the Pakistan Army Brian Cloughley Chapter 5. The Existential Threat: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and al Qaeda in Pakistan? N Elahi Chapter 6. Al Qaeda: The Threat from Tribal Pakistan Rohan Gunaratna Chapter 7. Safety and Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Assets Rabia Akhtar and Nazir Hussain Chapter 8. Politics of IDPs: A fall out of Politics of Domestic and Foreign Actors Sajjad Naseer Chapter 9. The Prospect of a Populist Islamist Takeover of Pakistan Julian Schofield Chapter 10. "We are the Soldiers of Islam": Tehreek-e-Taliban and the Ideology of Terror Simon R Valentine Chapter 11. Women in Jihad: Emerging Discourses in Pakistan Samina Yasmeen Epilogue Usama Butt Glossary ...
