Abstract
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change: Adjusting Western Regional Policy co-edited by Joachim Krause and Charles King Mallory IV analyses the nature of the current strategic changes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af/Pak) region. It is a part of the Asian Security Studies series and comprises of three parts each containing a series of articles. In the context of international disengagement with Afghanistan, the book addresses and answers three questions: What has gone wrong in the past with regard to Afghanistan and what strategic adjustments are needed? Is Pakistan a strategic ally of the West, or has Pakistan become a strategic obstacle? and What are the possible future scenarios and policy options, and what does strategic re-adjustment really mean? The key topics this book addresses are the prospects of peace and democratic transition in Afghanistan; militant Islam in South Asia and how it features in Pakistan’s engagement with the West; the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) withdrawal from the country and its impact on Afghanistan and the wider region; and a critical evaluation of the Western involvement in the region since October 2001.