Recently added articles from Journal of International Affairs:
The politics of civil service reform in Pakistan.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Over the course of the past six decades, the so-called steel frame of the civil service that Pakistan inherited from colonial India has become decidedly rusty. (1) The ineffectiveness of state institutions due to the diminishing capacity, over-politicization and corruption of the ...
Jihadism in Pakistan: the expanding frontier.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Winning the war on terror will depend as much on the resilience and willingness of Afghanistan and Pakistan as it will on the capability and stamina of American and NATO militaries. In the case of Pakistan, many believe the government now has a renewed will to aid the fight. This optimism ...
Pakistan's own war on terror: what the Pakistani public thinks.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... In April 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that the Pakistani Taliban was a "mortal threat" to the world. (1) By that time, militants associated with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, or the "Pakistani Taliban") were closing in on the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, ...
The role of politics in Pakistan's economy.
Sep 22, 2009; ... Economic and social outcomes in Pakistan over the last sixty years are a mixture of paradoxes. The economic growth rate has averaged 5 percent annually since 1947--a feat achieved by very few countries. Politically, however, the interplay of religious fundamentalism, sectarianism, ethnic ...
Editors' foreword.(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2009 ... Eight years after the attacks of 9/11 and the toppling of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Western leaders recognize that achieving success in Afghanistan--however that is defined--will require the support of its powerful neighbor Pakistan. This issue of the Journal of International ...