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100 1 _aCAPPELLI Vanni
245 _aContaining Pakistan :
_bengaging the Raja Mandala in South Central Asia /
_cVanni Cappelli
260 _c2007
520 _aArgues that Pakistan is a centre of global Islamist terror and an unreliable ally in the fight against the Taliban and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Suggests the United States should adopt the ancient Indian geopolitical concept of Raja-Mandala which seeks to balance opposing spheres of influence and exploit tensions between them.
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xFOREIGN POLICY
_xPAKISTAN
773 _aOrbis:
_ba Journal of World Affairs :
_gVol 51 No 1, Winter 2007, pp.55-70 (44)
945 _i21424-1001
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