Zone of Crisis : Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq by Saikal, Amin, 1950- instant download

Zone of Crisis : Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq by Saikal, Amin, 1950- instant download

1 online resource, The West Asian states of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran have over the last few decades represented an arc of crisis. Characterised by fractured and dysfunctional political elites, fraught economic policies, and ideological struggles between the forces of authoritarianism and democratisation, neo-fundamentalism and pluralism, they embody a mosaic of ethnicities. Amin Saikal, a distinguished Afghan-born scholar of international affairs, provides a sweeping new understanding of the complex contemporary political and social instability encompassing the region. Critically comparing democratisa, Print version record, Introduction -- Afghanistan : turbulent and on the brink -- Pakistan : fragile and violent -- Iran : between 'sovereignty of God' and 'sovereignty of the people' -- Iraq : divided and threatened -- Conclusion, Includes bibliographical references and index