Globalization
of Media MCM404
VU
Lesson
37
"PAKISTAN'S
FOREIGN POLICY"
Text
of handout
for
students
Note:
Background
material relevant to the subject of this Lecture is
abundantly available in several
books
recommended
in the reading list for the
first 9 lectures and for
this lecture as well.
The
verbal content of the lecture, the PPTs
and the daily news media
provide a relevant contextual
framework.
To enable students to appreciate the
direct and vital linkage between
foreign policy and
security
policy,
and to refer to the post-9/11 situation,
students are advised to note
the principal elements listed in
the
text
of this handout placed
below.
The
text comprises some sections
of Research Paper No.2
prepared by the South Asian Strategic
Stability
Unit,
Department of Peace Studies,
and University of Bradford,
U.K. by Shabana Fayyaz. The
editors of the
research
papers are Shaun Gregory
and Maria Sultan. The
South Asian Strategic Stability Unit is
being
supported
by the International Institute for
Peace and Conflict Resolution of the
National University of
Sciences
&Technology, Rawalpindi-Islamabad.
The lecturer is the Honorary
Chairman of the International
Institute
for Peace and Conflict
Resolution.
While
the research paper from
which this handout is derived is not a
full-scale study of all the
pertinent
dimensions,
the content highlights the main issues
for students in a concise
and easily absorbable
manner.
The
research paper was published in
August 2005 by The South
Asian Strategic Stability Unit and is
titled: "A
break
from the past: Trends in Pakistan's
Security Policy after 9/11".
Students
are advised to visit the
website http://www.brad.ac.uk.
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