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Aid, Politics and the War of Narratives in the US-Pakistan Relations A Case Study of Kerry Lugar Berman Act

By Hussain Nadim Copyright 2023
140 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the aid, politics and the war of narratives between the US and Pakistan under the Kerry Lugar Berman Act (2009–2013), using the security-development nexus as a framing discourse and taking a decolonial approach to the subject. The book explores the politics of US foreign aid to Pakistan, with regard to the issues of ‘sovereignty’ and ‘agency’, to analyse the notions of aid,... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

List of acronyms

1 Introduction

PART I

Enter the Nexus

2 No Security, No Development

3 Team of Buddies Visit Pakistan

PART II

The National Security Turf

4 Between Do More and No More

5 ‘Help Me, or Else!’

PART III

Civil-Military Conundrum

6 Engineering a Power Shift

7 The Enemy of My Enemy

8 Conclusion

Index

Biography

Hussain Nadim is currently the Executive Director of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Pakistan and has an extensive experience in the policy sector of Pakistan. His writings appear frequently in Foreign Policy, National Interest, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Express Tribune. He has a BA from the George Washington University, MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Sydney. For his work in the policy sector, he is a recipient of several awards including a recognition in the Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 list of 2016.