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Tilak Devasher. 2018. Pakistan: At the Helm

Tilak Devasher. 2018. Pakistan: At the Helm 132 Book Reviews 7(1) Overall, this is an important book that presents the right balance of theory and empirical analysis and should become a valuable contribution to the understanding of security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. It deserves to serve as essential reading for a wide readership, ranging from security experts, policymakers and international relations scholars to students in courses related to international security and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region. ORCID iD Alexander Korolev https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-5209 Alexander Korolev School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia E-mail: a.korolev@unsw.edu.au Tilak Devasher. 2018. Pakistan: At the Helm. Noida, India: Harper Collins Publishers. 309 pp. ISBN: 9789352779338 (Paperback). DOI: 10.1177/2347797020908145 The causal explanations for the dominance of military over the civilian institutions in Pakistan have been thoroughly explored in the literature. Scholars attribute it to the ensuing insecurity created by the presence of a conventionally superior India (Ganguly & Pardesi, 2009) and the resulting strategic imperatives (Mehdi, 2017), and the continuity of an unstable domestic political order that feeds into the legitimacy of civilian leadership (Rizvi, 2000, pp. 3–8). Tilak Devasher’s book Pakistan: At the Helm adds a refreshing account to the already crowded field on civil–military http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

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132 Book Reviews 7(1) Overall, this is an important book that presents the right balance of theory and empirical analysis and should become a valuable contribution to the understanding of security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. It deserves to serve as essential reading for a wide readership, ranging from security experts, policymakers and international relations scholars to students in courses related to international security and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region. ORCID iD Alexander Korolev https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-5209 Alexander Korolev School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia E-mail: a.korolev@unsw.edu.au Tilak Devasher. 2018. Pakistan: At the Helm. Noida, India: Harper Collins Publishers. 309 pp. ISBN: 9789352779338 (Paperback). DOI: 10.1177/2347797020908145 The causal explanations for the dominance of military over the civilian institutions in Pakistan have been thoroughly explored in the literature. Scholars attribute it to the ensuing insecurity created by the presence of a conventionally superior India (Ganguly & Pardesi, 2009) and the resulting strategic imperatives (Mehdi, 2017), and the continuity of an unstable domestic political order that feeds into the legitimacy of civilian leadership (Rizvi, 2000, pp. 3–8). Tilak Devasher’s book Pakistan: At the Helm adds a refreshing account to the already crowded field on civil–military

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Published: Apr 1, 2020

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