Baloch nationalism and the geopolitics of energy resources : the changing context of separatism in Pakistan / Robert G. Wirsing.

Author/creator Wirsing, Robert
Other author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Carlisle, Pa. : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2008]
Descriptionvii, 55 p. : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS93317
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Portion of title Changing context of separatism in Pakistan
Contents Introduction -- Energy geopolitics I: Balochstan's energy resources -- Energy geopolitics II: natural gas pipelines -- Energy geopolitics III: Gwadar and the Central Asia transport corridor -- Baloch nationalism: aims and potential -- Pakistan's response to Baloch nationalism -- Conclusion.
Abstract The author examines the energy context of the simmering Baloch separatist insurgency that has surfaced in recent years in Pakistan's sprawling Balochistan province. In particular, he looks at how Pakistan's mounting energy insecurity--a product of rapid increase in demand coupled with rising scarcity and the region's intensified energy rivalry--has both magnified the economic and strategic importance of this province while at the same time complicating Pakistan's efforts to cope with the province's resurgent tribal separatism. The author concludes that Pakistan's government needs to overhaul its counterinsurgent policies to avoid protracted conflict and to enlist the Baloch as partners in energy development, not antagonists of it.
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed on April 21, 2008).
General note"April 2008."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 44-55).
Technical detailsMode of access: Internet from the STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE web site. Address as of 4/21/2008: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB853.pdf; current access available via PURL.
ISBN1584873493
ISBN9781584873495
GPO item number0307-A-31 (online)
Govt. docs number D 101.146:B 21

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