... crisis Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorism In 2022, Pakistan teetered on the brink of economic collapse and political uncertainty. Mufti (2023) reported that misplaced economic priorities and a politics of confrontation between the ruling party and the opposition resulted in a year replete...

...Jasmin Lorch Bangladesh continues to face a threat from Islamic terrorism. However, the drivers of this phenomenon remain under-studied. Research has traced terrorism in Bangladesh to wider processes of Islamization; a political context marked by conflict between the country’s two main political...

... many feared might represent the first clear metastasized imprint of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Bangladesh. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California 2017 human rights protests terrorism infrastructure LAWRENCE SA´EZ Bangladesh in 2016 Transition and Turmoil Intertwined...

...Aqil Shah Pakistan’s government adopted an ambitious National Action Plan to counter terrorism. Aside from poor implementation, the plan remains bedeviled by the powerful military’s selective counterterrorism approach, which targets hostile militant groups, like the Pakistani Taliban, but employs...

...Joseph Y. S. Cheng This article examines China’s concern to prevent terrorism and maintain stability in Central Asia through the SCO. The situation in Afghanistan has raised concerns among SCO member countries and strengthened common interests to maintain the regional organization, regime stability...

... for the army s offensive against them in North Waziristan. KEYWORDS: Pakistan, democracy, military, terrorism, Taliban AS 2014 DREW TO A CLOSE, THE Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared to have weathered a political crisis in the form of protests mobilized...

..., rational, and relational factors that can lead militants to turn away from terror tactics. © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California 2013 disengagement Poso Indonesia Jemaah Islamiyah terrorism Poso conflict JULIE CHERNOV HWANG, RIZAL PANGGABEAN, AND IHSAN ALI FAUZI...

... corruption Islam terrorism economy foreign policy Asian Survey, Vol. 52, Number 1, pp. 186 194. ISSN 0004-4687, electronic ISSN 1533-838X. © 2012 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permis- sion to photocopy or reproduce article content...

...Senia Febrica This article explains the variable success after the September 11, 2001, attacks of the securitization of terrorism in two ASEAN member states, Singapore and Indonesia. The two countries are selected because of the differences in their government characteristics and their domestic...

... the defense forces, and political machinations bode further ill for the island's democratic and polyethnic future. © 2009 By the Regents of the University of California Sri Lanka LTTE eelam terrorism Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM AND THE LOST QUEST...

...Simon Shen; Peng Liu By conducting a set of quantitative surveys, this study evaluates the perception of Chinese students on terrorism. Three questions are tackled: (1) how they know about terrorism; (2) how they evaluate terrorist organizations and the U.S., and (3) how they view the corresponding...

... over the acquisition of land for industrialization. On the external front, India managed to consummate a critical civilian nuclear agreement with the U.S., after much domestic debate and contention. © 2009 by The Regents of the University of California. 2009 Naxalite agitation terrorism U.S...

... areas that spread to other regions of the country, the imposition of emergency rule and suspension of the Constitution, and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. © 2008 by The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 2008 terrorism military elections...

...Diane K. Mauzy; Brian L. Job American foreign policy in Southeast Asia from 1975 to the present can be characterized as exhibiting varying degrees of benign neglect, with episodic attention to perceived security threats. Current policies are narrowly focused on anti-terrorism; their perceived anti...

... South Asia Islamic fundamentalism terrorism INDIA AND BANGLADESH Will the Twain Ever Meet? Harsh V. Pant Abstract The interests of India and Bangladesh have been diverging for some years now, bringing the two countries to what is probably the nadir of their bilateral relations. This article...

... symbolic steps toward democratization by the two major opposition leaders. Keywords: Balochistan, Afghanistan, Taliban, democracy, terrorism Introduction During 2006 the Pakistani state center remained politically stable, but its peripheries, especially its western and northern borders, continued...