Soviet-Pakistan Relations and Post-Soviet Dynamics, 1947-92

This book deserves to be read carefully by scholars and laymen of foreign policy dealing with the former Soviet Union, Russia and South Asia, and particularly by the political leaders of India and Pakistan. The book is a multi-dimensional analysis of (a) Soviet-American rivalry; (b) Soviet determination to expand in the direction of South Asia and the Gulf; (c) the regional dynamics of the Middle East most especially Iran, Afghanistan and China, the major power in Asia.

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Preface - Framework for Analysis - Instruments of Soviet Diplomacy and Self-Projection - Problems of Initial Adaptation for the USSR and Pakistan - Russian-Soviet Expansion towards Afghanistan: British-Indian and Pakistani Counter-Pressures - Foreign Policy's Adaptation to Regional and Global Environment: Regional Dynamics - Soviet Role in the Regional Dynamics - Strategic Significance of Border Conflicts - The Evolution of Detente with the Soviet Union - From Detente to Alienation: Emergence of Bangladesh and New Alignments - The New Pakistan: Doctrine of Bilateralism and the Nuclear Option - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and Its Impact on Pakistan - Post-Geneva Developments and the Soviet Collapse - Emergence of Central Asia: Post-Soviet Dynamics - Index