| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pakistan: arrival and departure / Stephen P. Cohen -- Pakistan's future: muddle along / Kanti Bajpai -- Radicalization, political violence, and militancy / Laila Bokhari -- Addressing fundamental challenges / Christine Fair -- Looking ahead / Tariq Fatemi -- The China factor / Mohan Guruswamy -- Factors shaping the future / William Milam -- The clash of interests and objectives / Shuja Nawaz -- Still an uncertain future / Shaukat Qadir -- Visualizing a shared India-Pakistan future / Bahukutumbi Raman -- At the brink? / Hasan Askari Rizvi -- Security, soldiers, and the state / Aqil Shah -- Looking at the crystal ball / Hilary Synnott -- Regime and system change / Marvin G. Weinbaum -- Population growth, urbanization, and female literacy / Anita M. Weiss -- The perils of prediction / Joshua T. White -- Youth and the future / Moeed W. Yusuf. |
| Summary |
With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world affairs. Home of the world's second-largest Muslim population, epicenter of the global jihad, location of perhaps the planet's most dangerous borderlands, and armed with nuclear weapons, this South Asian nation will go a long way toward determining what the world looks like ten years from now. The Future of Pakistan presents and evaluates several scenarios for how the country will develop, evolve, and act in the near future, as well as the geopolitical implications of each. Led by renowned South Asia expert Stephen P. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Pakistan. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
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International relations. |
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Civil-military relations -- Pakistan -- 21st century.
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Civil-military relations. |
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Pakistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social conditions. |
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Internal security -- Pakistan -- 21st century.
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Internal security. |
| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Future of Pakistan. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2011 9780815721802 (DLC) 2011036940 (OCoLC)729346512 |
| ISBN |
9780815721819 electronic book |
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0815721811 electronic book |
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9780815721802 |
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0815721803 |
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