Iran`s Relation with Pakistan : A Strategic Analysis
| Author | : | Dr. Satyanarayan Pattanayak |
| Year of Publication | : | 2011 |
| Publisher | : | Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |
| ISBN - 13 | : | 9789380177656 |
| Edition | : | First |
| Language | : | English |
| Binding | : | Hardcover |
| Subject | : | Geopolitics |
About the Book :
Both Iran and Pakistan represent two distinct
patterns of political systems and navigating their relationship is a very
difficult task indeed. However, new developments between them in recent
years have created salutary interest among scholars of international relations
to focus on their long term relationship. This book focuses on various facets
of this relationship in a long term perspective by analyzing them under various
phases.
The
period from 1947 to 2010 has been chosen to analyse this relationship,
particularly from an Iranian angle, in the context of different ruling systems
such as monarchy and theocracy so as to understand the overall state pattern of
Iranian foreign policy. The book traces the Iranian independence in a modern
state system, the entire gamut of Iranian foreign policy towards Pakistan
followed under a monarchial system, an analysis of the relationship of the
Islamic Republic of Iran with Pakistan from 1979 to 1989, an in-depth study
that covers the period from 1990 till the current regime to understand the tone
and tenor of a modified theocratic foreign policy pursued under various Iranian
Presidents and its approach towards Pakistan and finally leading on to a total
assessment of the relationship between the two states with some fresh and prognostic
thoughts
About Author :
Dr. Satyanarayan Pattanayak holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is currently Associate Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, United Service Institution of India (USI-CS-3), New Delhi. Besides authoring a book on Egypt Policy of Nonalignment: A Comparative Study of Nasser and Post-Nasser Period (New Delhi: Classical Publishing Company, 2000)and Co-authoring a Monograph on Persian Gulf States and the 9/11 Attacks: An Analysis (New Delhi: Anamaya and IDSA, 2004) he has presented papers both in national and international seminars. He has also published a number of articles in various national and international journals. He is currently busy in a project on Iran Foreign Policy: Crafting a Policy of Strategic Engagement for Ind
