Title: Soviet-American relations with Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan /
Authors: Malik, Hafeez.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Asia Foreign relations United States Congresses.; United States Foreign relations Asia Congresses.; Asia Foreign relations Soviet Union Congresses.; Soviet Union Foreign relations Asia Congresses.
Contents: The strategic importance of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the United States -- Thinking South : Soviet strategic interests in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan -- India's relations with Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan -- Ethnic dilemmas in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan as security problems -- Buffer states on the rim of Asia : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the superpowers -- Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and its impact on Pakistan's foreign policy -- Pakistan's relations with the United States -- Soviet relations with Pakistan -- Pakistan's nuclear options -- The United States and revolutionary Iran -- The Soviet Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Relations between Iran and the Arab states -- The international political economy of the Iran-Iraq war -- The Afghan state and its adaptation to the environment of Central and Southwest Asia -- Communism in Afghanistan -- Cultural determinants of the Afghan resistance to the Saur revolution in 1978 -- The demography of Afghan refugees in Pakistan -- Superpower relations with Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.