1st Edition

Germany and Pakistan Past, Present, Future

By Rajendra K. Jain Copyright 2025
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores Germany’s political, economic, defence, nuclear and cultural relations as well as defence cooperation with and arms transfers to Pakistan from 1949 to the present day. Pakistan shares a multidimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany, which is its largest trading partner within the European Union and a significant donor. Drawing on extensive English and... Read more

Preface; 1. Pakistan and Konrad Adenauer, 1949-1963; 2. Amity, Neglect, and Enhanced Relations, 1964-1989; 3. Relations in the Post-Cold War Era; 4. From Musharraf to Shahbaz Sharif, 1999-2024; 5. Economic and Trade Relations; 6. Development Assistance; 7. Perceptions and Misperceptions; 8. Defence Cooperation and German Arms Transfers to Pakistan; 9. Nuclear Proliferation; 10. Cultural Relations; 11. Pakistani Diaspora in Germany; 12. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Rajendra K. Jain was formerly Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Visiting Professor, Warsaw University (February-May 2022). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow/Professor at the universities of Constance, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Tübingen and Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), Ebenhausen (1995). He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India and Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Melbourne (2010-2015). He has most recently published India and Europe in a Changing World: Context, Confrontation, Cooperation (2023) and India and Germany in a Turbulent World: Perceptions, Perspectives, Prospects (2024).