Pakistan and a World in Disorder: A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century

This book delineates the role that Pakistan should play in the largely anarchic world of the twenty-first century in order to best serve the country s long-term national interests. Its main aim is to lay down the parameters within which Pakistan s grand strategy should be formulated, taking into account the evolving global and regional security environment and Pakistan s historical experience. Provided here is an in-depth analysis and critical evaluation of the past record of Pakistan s foreign policy within this context, bringing out its successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses. Based on these analyses, a comprehensive approach is recommended for safeguarding Pakistan s national security and promoting its prosperity utilizing a strategy that is a marked departure from the military-dominated, uni-dimensional policies the country has followed thus far. Besides providing guidelines to Pakistan s policy makers and intelligentsia, this book will be of interest to academics, foreign observers, and general readers in understanding the constraints and parameters within which Pakistan a de facto nuclear-weapon state of 190 million people at the cross-roads of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf must operate to safeguard its national interests in the turbulent times ahead.