About the Book
An authoritative and revelatoryaccount of Pakistan's politicsKhurshid Mahmud Kasuri is oneof Pakistan's most importantdiplomats, and was the country'sforeign minister from 2002 to2007. In this book, he providesthe ultimate insider's accountof Pakistan's foreign policy,especially the peace processwith India including the Kashmirframework (hailed at the timethe most promising-everdialogue between Pakistan andIndia since Independence) andthe complex Pakistan-US-Afghanistan-India quadrangularrelationship. Kasuri talks franklyabout his Indian interlocutors,his three counterparts PranabMukherjee, Natwar Singh andYashwant Sinha and the twoprime ministers he worked with-Dr Manmohan Singh and A.B.Vajpayee. He also gives us a rareinsight into the minds of thePakistan Army, the contributionof the Foreign Office and hiswarm but complex relationshipwith President Musharraf.Blending analysis with choiceanecdote, Neither a Hawk nor aDove gives us a comprehensiveand revealing account ofPakistan's politics and thepolitical compulsions of those atthe helm.
About the Author
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuriserved as Pakistan's foreignminister from 2002 to 2007. Hewas educated at the universitiesof Punjab, Cambridge andOxford and was called to the barfrom Gray's Inn, London.
About the Book An authoritative and revelatoryaccount of Pakistan's politicsKhurshid Mahmud Kasuri is oneof Pakistan's most importantdiplomats, and was the country'sforeign minister from 2002 to2007. In this book, he providesthe ultimate insider's accountof Pakistan's foreign policy,especially the peace processwith India including the Kashmirframework (hailed at the timethe most promising-everdialogue between Pakistan andIndia since Independence) andthe complex Pakistan-US-Afghanistan-India quadrangularrelationship. Kasuri talks franklyabout his Indian interlocutors,his three counterparts PranabMukherjee, Natwar Singh andYashwant Sinha and the twoprime ministers he worked with-Dr Manmohan Singh and A.B.Vajpayee. He also gives us a rareinsight into the minds of thePakistan Army, the contributionof the Foreign Office and hiswarm but complex relationshipwith President Musharraf.Blending analysis with choiceanecdote, Neither a Hawk nor aDove gives us a comprehensiveand revealing account ofPakistan's politics and thepolitical compulsions of those atthe helm. About the Author Khurshid Mahmud Kasuriserved as Pakistan's foreignminister from 2002 to 2007. Hewas educated at the universitiesof Punjab, Cambridge andOxford and was called to the barfrom Gray's Inn, London.