Summary Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross…
Topic: Foreign Policy
Abstract Two types of strategic cultures developed by Europe and America were the subjects of numerous policy analyses. Divergences in Russian and European views on…
Summary A major challenge Pakistan has been confronted with since it came into existence is the self-assertion of various ethinic groups, which have actively contested…
Summary This account of Pakistan’s complicated political mosaic focuses on ethnic tensions within the country, the Mohajir movement, Pashtun and Baloch nationalisms, and the “Punjabization”…
Summary The security relationship between India and Pakistan is generally viewed through a neo-realist approach of International Relations.. Treading on a different path, this book…
Abstract Intra-ethnic conflict is an inevitable feature of plural societies. The presence of diverse ethnic groups poses an acute threat to Pakistan’s internal security. The uneven political, economic and social growth…
Summary In 1971, a war which took place in Pakistan that resulted in the establishment of two separate countries; East Pakistan became Bangladesh, leaving the…
Abstract The experience of migration offers a particularly interesting context for exploring personal and social identity. When people cross borders, despite their efforts to cope…
Abstract While Pakistan’s geographical location has not shifted in the last 38 years, there has been a marked shift in terms of its identity and…
Summary A growing interest in political Islam, also called Islamism, has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions especially in the post-Soviet years. Across the globe,…
Summary This study provides insights into Pakistan’s historical development through focusing on politics in Sindh, a key province constituting the new nation state in 1947.…
Abstract Taiwan is undergoing both a process of nation building and a phase of democratic consolidation, and the experience of divided government at the national…
Abstract The change of national identity in Taiwan is the concern of the international community, for it may lead to Taiwan independence and armed conflict…
Abstract The political roles of Taiwanese business people (taishang) in cross-strait relations have been increasingly noteworthy under Hu Jintao’s policy of “counting on the Taiwanese…
Abstract Reviews the literature on the status of Taiwan’s national identity since the Mar 2000 election of the island-state’s first opposition party president. Two dimensions…
