Baloch nationalism and the geopolitics of energy resources
Subtitle: the changing context of separatism in Pakistan
By: Robert G. Wirsing.
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Series: Colloquium report / Strategic Studies Institute; Colloquium report (Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute)
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College; Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War Co
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781584873495
Subjects: Insurgency -- Pakistan; Energy development -- Pakistan -- Balochistān; Energy policy -- Pakistan; Balochistan (Pakistan) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Description: 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.
Notes: "April 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-55).

Electronic version available on the SSI website.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Energy geopolitics I: Balochstan's energy resources; title: Energy geopolitics II: natural gas pipelines; title: Energy geopolitics III: Gwadar and the Central Asia transport corridor; title: Baloch nationalism: aims and potential; title: Pakistan's response to Baloch nationalism; title: Conclusion.