After Afghanistan: The United States, Pakistan and the Imperiled Future of South Asia
By the end of this year, the U.S. pullback from Afghanistan will be in full swing. Among the questions Mian will address: What will the end of the American presence mean for Pakistan? Can Pakistan overcome the many crises it faces, from an Islamist insurgency to a runaway nuclear rivalry with India? And how will its future be shaped by the emerging great-power contest between the United States and China?
Zia Mian is the director of the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. He teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His research interests include security policy in South Asia with a focus on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy issues. Mian, a physicist, is the editor and co-editor of several books, most recently Bridging Partition: Peoples Initiatives for Peace Between India and Pakistan (2010). Previous books include Between Past and Future: Selected Essays on South Asia by Eqbal Ahmad (2004) and Out of The Nuclear Shadow (2001).
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