Pakistan's Security - The Insecure State

Pakistan: Securing the Insecure State is an in-depth analysis of the contemporary security of Pakistan - now one of the most important states in the world in terms of international security.

The book attempts to identify and examine the means by which Pakistan might make progress towards a more stable and secure future. It is innovative in at least three respects. Firstly, it argues that Pakistan-s security issues are operative at multiple levels - intra-state, state, regional and international - and that these levels are deeply interlinked and should not be considered in isolation. The work thus explores and then links analysis of security at each level in a way that has not been done before.

Secondly, the book takes a broad approach to security that includes economic and social issues. As part of this, it examines security dynamics in relation to the powerful forces presently impacting South Asia, most notably globalisation, the US-led w