Pakistan's hard misplacement and the politics of regional identity/
Wali Aslam
- 2020
Pakistan was created as a separate homeland for the region's Muslims and it will be difficult for it to find a natural cognitive home in a multi-faith South Asia. But its efforts to find a cognitive home in the Middle East have also been unsuccessful. This paper analyses Pakistan's misplaced identity utilising the layered model of identity change. The model helps focus on various foreign-policy roles that Pakistan performs.