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Kashmir as a borderland : the politics of space and belonging across the Line of Control
\"Kashmir as a borderland : the politics of space and belonging across the line of control examines the Kashmir dispute from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and within the theoretical frame of border studies. It draws on the experiences of those living in these territories such as divided families, traders, cultural and social activists. Kashmir is a borderland, that is, a context for spatial transformations, where the resulting interactions can be read as a process of 'becoming' rather than of 'being'. The analysis of this borderland shows how the conflict is manifested in territory, in specific locations with a geopolitical meaning, evidencing the discrepancy between 'representation' and the 'living'. The author puts forward the concept of belonging as a useful category for investigating more inclusive political spaces.\"--Back cover.
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Under the drones : modern lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands
Western media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan paints a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives.
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The everywhere war
Much of the discussion of 9/11 has debated its historical significance, but it is equally important to explore the geographical dimensions of the wars that have been conducted in its shadows. Subsequent transformations in the American way of war have played a major role in the increased militarisation of the planet. Most attention has been focused on Afghanistan and Iraq as the principal theatres of the 'war on terror', but one of the characteristics of late modern war is the emergent, 'event-ful' quality of military, paramilitary and terrorist violence that can, in principle, occur anywhere. Vulnerabilities are differentially distributed but widely dispersed, and in consequence late modern war is being changed by the slippery spaces through which it is conducted. This paper explores three global borderlands to bring those changes into focus: Afghanistan-Pakistan (particularly the deployment of CIA-controlled drones in Pakistan), US-Mexico (particularly the expansion of Mexico's 'drug war' and the US militarisation of the border), and cyberspace (particularly the role of stealth attacks on critical infrastructure and the formation of US Cyber Command).
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The defiant border : the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands in the era of decolonization, 1936-65
\"The Defiant Border explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls from the colonial period into the twenty-first century. This book looks at local Pashtun tribes' modes for evading first British colonial, then Pakistani, governance; the ongoing border dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan; and continuing interest in the region from Indian, US, British, and Soviet actors. It reveals active attempts first by British, then by Pakistani, agents to integrate the tribal region, ranging from development initiatives to violent suppression. The Defiant Border also considers the area's influence on relations between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, as well as its role in the United States' increasingly global Cold War policies. Ultimately, the book considers how a region so peripheral to major centers of power has had such an impact on political choices throughout the eras of empire, decolonization, and superpower competition, up to the so-called 'War on Terror.' One of the only historical studies of Pakistan's Pashtun tribal area (post-1947), which complements existing anthropological literature on the region and histories of the colonial era to provide readers with a fuller understanding of the region. Integrates histories of South Asia, decolonization, and the global Cold War, which provides readers with a holistic view of the region by recognizing the interconnections between international diplomacy, regional developments, subaltern movements, and colonial legacies. Considers the impact of non-state actors--Pashtun tribes--on South Asian state-building, which complements work done on state-building in India, extends understanding of the impact of peripheral areas on state power and practice, and expands understanding of the history of Pakistan\"--From publisher's website.
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Living at the Margins: Experiences of Borderlanders of The Indo-Bangladesh Border
The contested Bengal Borderland (results from Radcliffe’s arbitral award) partitioned the Bengal province of British inhabited by the Bengali ethnic group into West Bengal of Independent India and East Pakistan of Independent Pakistan. The continuing cross-border movements of people and goods render this border very complex. In India, these movements have been highly securitized, culminating in fortified and militarized borders. Borderlanders are the primary witnesses to the evolving nature of this border. The process of border hardening and fortification engenders various challenges for Borderlanders, encompassing socio-political and economic constraints in their daily lives. Through an exploration of Bangladeshi immigration and smuggling dynamics consequent to border hardening, this paper sheds light on the tensions and socio-political and economic constraints faced by borderlanders. The people living in borderland have the unique life experiences in their everyday lives. Life stories are important genres of narrative analysis, which ‘is a way of sharing and making sense of experiences in the recent or remote past and recounting important, emotional or traumatic events and the minutiae of everyday life’. This kind of narrative does not explicitly the ‘truth’ but captures the dynamic interplay between lives, experiences, and stories. Drawing on narratives and experiences of individuals residing in borderlands, this study offers an empirical chronicle from the Bengal borderlands. Leveraging Rumford’s conceptual frameworks of 'seeing like a state' versus 'seeing like a border', the paper analyzes the State’s role in border hardening and its impact on the lives of borderlanders. Employing forty open-ended semi-structured interviews conducted with individuals residing in different areas of border districts of West Bengal along the Indo-Bangladesh border, the paper aims to capture the nuanced life experiences of borderlanders.
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The Pashtun Question
Author argues that the failure of Pakistan and Afghanistan to absorb Pashtuns into their sate structures and societies has been a critical failure of nation- and state-building.
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No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has become the most dangerous frontier on earth, and the most challenging for the United States' national security interests. Critically, the portion of the border region that is home to extremist groups such the Taliban and al-Qaida coincides almost exactly with the area overwhelmingly dominated by the Pashtun tribes. The implications of this salient fact-that most of Pakistan's and Afghanistan's violent religious extremism, and with it much of the United States' counterterrorism challenge, are contained within a single ethnolinguistic group-have unfortunately not been fully grasped by a governmental policy community that has long downplayed cultural dynamics. The threat to long-term U.S. security interests in this area is neither an economic problem, nor a religious problem, nor a generic \"tribal\" problem. It is a unique cultural problem. In both southern Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan, rather than seeking to \"extend the reach of the central government,\" which simply foments insurgency among a proto-insurgent people, the United States and the international community should be doing everything in their means to empower the tribal elders and restore balance to a tribal/cultural system that has been disintegrating since the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
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Small Players of the Great Game
This book deals with the 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game played out on the territorial chessboard of eastern and north-eastern parts of the waning Persian empire. The Great Game itself has been written about extensively, but never from a Persian angle and from the point of view of the local players in that game. Looking at the territorial consequences of the Great Game for the local players is a unique approach, which deserves a special place in the studies of history, geography, politics and geopolitics of the age of modernity.
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The Sikhs – religion and nation. Chosen political and social determinants of functioning
The article attempts to estimate the influence of the geographical and political conditions on the transformation of a Sikhs community after the decolonisation of India in 1947. The authors have used, among other things, the results of their own field research, statistical analysis and scientific works. The main aim of the paper is to explain the specificity of the functioning of Sikhs who despite extremely unfavourable geopolitical conditions and relatively small number have been able to maintain their own identity and achieve a level of social and economic development higher than average for India and Pakistan. Contemporary Sikhs are often perceived as both – a religious and national community. In general, their main characteristics are sharp cultural and moral distinction and very strong awareness of their identity. They manifestate strong bond to their region. Sikhs play crucial roles in social, political, and especially economic and military functioning of the state. Due to their concentration on the India-Pakistan borderland, strong militarisation and separatistic tendencies, Sikhs play crucial role in the domestic and foreign policy of India.
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