IPRI Journal

Summer 2009,Volume IX, Number2

Contents 

Articles
 

1.        The Role of Observers in SAARC
           Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan                                                                         1 

2.        Pakistan Jihad: The Making of Religious Terrorism
           Dr Eamon Murphy & Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik                                           17 

3.        United States’ Attempt to Balance the Rise of China in Asia
     Shehzad H. Qazi                                                                                  32 

4.        Analyzing Domestic Terrorism as a Threat to Pakistan’s                     49
     Security and the Policy Response
     Muhammad Khurshid Khan                                                                     

5.        Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf Security: Iran and the
     United States
     Dr Amir Sajedi                                                                                     77 

6.        Borderland Interaction: The Case of Pak-Iranian Baloch
           Dr Mansoor Akbar Kundi                                                                        90

Book Reviews

1.        K. Warikoo, ed., Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical,
     Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives
     Dr Noor ul Haq                                                                                      106 

2.        Islam Karimov, The Global Financial-Economic Crisis: Ways
     and Measures to Overcome it in the Conditions of Uzbekistan
     Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik                                                                         109 

3.        Edward D. Mansfield & Jack Synder, Electing to Fight: Why

     Emerging Democracies Go to War

     Khalid Chandio                                                                                      111 

4.        Adrian Guelke, The New Age of Terrorism and the
     International Political System
     Yasir Imtiaz                                                                                          114      

5.        Dr Hafeez Malik, U.S. Relations with Afghanistan and

     Pakistan: The Imperial Dimension

     Nargis Zahra                                                                                         116 

6.        Tore Bjorgo and John Horgan, eds., Leaving Terrorism
     Behind: Individual and Collective Disengagement
     Muhammad Nawaz Khan Verdag                                                              119 

7.        Anthony Vinci, Armed Groups and the Balance of Power
     Aftab Hussain                                                                                       122

 

Documents

1.        Joint Declaration Pakistan and Afghanistan                                            125 

2.        National Assembly’s Resolution on Swat                                                 127 

3.        MoU for Gift of Used Power Plants by UAE                                              128 

4.        Statement of Foreign Minister at the Munich Young Leaders 
    Round Table on Security Policy                                                              128                  

5.        Prime Minister’s Speech on Reinstatement of Judges                             132 

6.        Statement of Foreign Minister at the International Conference
    on Afghanistan                                                                                    134 

7.        Joint Statement of Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan                             138 

8.        Resolution on Shariah Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009                                139 

9.        Text of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009                                               140     

10.       Chair’s Statement at the Ministerial Meeting of the Friends
     of Democratic Pakistan, Tokyo                                                            154 

11.       Joint Statement First Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Pakistan,

     Iran and Afghanistan on Trilateral Cooperation                                     156 

12.       President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari’s Interview by Wolf

    Blitzer, CNN                                                                                         158

13.       President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai’s 
    Interview by Charlie Rose, NBC News                                                    168

14.       President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai’s
    Interview by David Gregory, NBC News                                                  185 

15.       Prime Minister’s Address at the Third Regional Economic                       203
   Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)                                                  

16.       Joint Statement of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President

    Asif Ali Zardari                                                                                    206 

17.       Text of Tehran Declaration of Tri-lateral Summit                                  209 

18.       President Obama’s Speech in Cairo                                                      213 

19.       Text of Budget Speech 2009                                                                 224