No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad

No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad

By Daniel S. Markey, Published: 2013, FileType: PDF

This book tells the story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan’s internal troubles have already threatened US security and international peace, and Pakistan’s rapidly growing population, nuclear arsenal, and relationships with China and India will continue to force it upon America’s geostrategic map in new and important ways over the coming decades.

The book explores the main trends in Pakistani society that will help determine its future; traces the wellsprings of Pakistani anti-American sentiment through the history of US-Pakistan relations from 1947 to 2001; assesses how Washington made and implemented policies regarding Pakistan since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001; and analyzes how regional dynamics, especially the rise of China, will likely shape US-Pakistan relations. It concludes with three options for future US strategy, described as defensive insulation, military-first cooperation, and comprehensive cooperation. Book explains how Washington can prepare for the worst, aim for the best, and avoid past mistakes. The Contractor Raymond Davis Book PDF | Download Raymond Davis Book PDF

This book is a hybrid, born of experiences in academia and government. I could only have written it while working at an institution that values both. Few come as close to that ideal as the Washington, D.C., office of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). I am forever grateful to CFR President Richard N. Haass, who hired me at the State Department as well as at CFR, and who supported this project from its earliest conceptual stages. Thanks also go to CFR’s director of studies, James M. Lindsay, who fulfilled the dream of every author: he freed me to research, think, and write, then offered candid, constructive criticism of every chapter along the way.