Latest Publications
Pakistan's Stability Paradox: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions
Ashutosh Misra and Michael Clarke (eds.), (London: Routledge, 2011) - officially published 16 September 2011.
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Pakistan, with the second largest Muslim population in the world, is a crucial country in the international system. It is an ally of the United States in the global ‘war on terror’ but is also regarded as a major bastion of some of the most active jihadist organisations. This book highlights and explores the paradoxes that characterise contemporary Pakistan from the simultaneous democratization and Islamization of civil society to the schizophrenic US-Pakistan relationship. The central theme of the book looks at Pakistan’s stability paradox. Commentators and analysts have over recent years often suggested that Pakistan was on the verge of state ‘failure’ or collapse resulting from a myriad of dilemmas. Yet, remarkably the Pakistani state has proven to be more resilient. This book identifies not only the factors that are contributing to Pakistan’s perceived instability but also those factors that have contributed to the state’s resilience. Chapters explore this central paradox through three core dimensions of Pakistan’s contemporary dilemmas – the domestic, regional and international dimensions. Book details.
Oceans of Crime: Maritime Piracy and Transnational Security in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh
Southeast Asia and Bangladesh are at present global hot spots of pirate attacks on merchant vessels and fishing boats. In her recent book, Dr Carolin Liss explains why, and in what form, piracy still exists.
Explaining the Deterrence Effect of Human Rights Prosecutions for Transitional Countries
Defending human rights is one of the central political challenges of our time, but very little is known as to what actually works to improve human rights observance. Writing in the A* journal International Studies Quarterly, Hunjoon Kim and Kathryn Sikkink find both that prosecutions of rights violators do improve human rights in new democracies, and that these prosecutions create a positive impact in neighbouring countries also. Hunjoon is a Research Fellow in the Asian Politics, Security and Development program.
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