Pakistan’s National Security Approach and Post-Cold War Security
Arshad Ali, "Pakistan’s National Security Approach and Post-Cold War Security "
English | ISBN: 0367709783 | 2021 | 232 pages | EPUB | 395 KB
English | ISBN: 0367709783 | 2021 | 232 pages | EPUB | 395 KB
This book analyzes the paradox that despite being a national security state, Pakistan has become even more insecure in the post-Cold War era. It provides an in-depth analysis of Pakistan’s foreign and security policies and their implications for the overall state and society.
The book identifies the immediate security challenges to Pakistan and charts the distinctive evolution of Pakistan’s national security state in which the military elite became the dominant actor in the political sphere of government during and after the Cold War period. By examining the national security state, militarization, democracy and security, proxy wars, and the hyper-military-industrial complex, the author illustrates how the vanguard role of the military created considerable structural, sociopolitical, economic, and security problems in Pakistan. Furthermore, the author argues that the mismatch between Pakistan’s national security stance and the transformed security environment has been facilitated and sustained by the embedded interests of the country’s military-industrial complex.
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