America's Pakistan versus Pakistan's Pakistan: Searching for Options

Guest: Ayesha Siddiqa

Dr. Siddiqa received her doctorate in War Studies from King’s College, London. Her first book, Pakistan’s Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99 In Search of a Policy (2001) analyzes defense decision-making in Pakistan. Her second book, Military Inc, Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy (2007) looks at Pakistan’s politics through the prism of elite interests and the military economy. She writes for various Pakistani newspapers including a regular column in the Daily Times. She contributes to international academic journals and has been a correspondent for Jane’s Defence Weekly. Dr. Siddiqa was a visiting fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute; the first Pakistani scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, 2004-05; a Ford Fellow; and a research fellow at the Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories, USA. She received the esteemed Mehboobul Haq, Kodikara and Asia Foundation research awards. Based in Islamabad, Dr. Siddiqa is currently Visiting Professor of South Asian Studies at University of Pennsylvania. She is researching the political economy of marginality and extremism in Pakistan for her third book, Military, State and Society in South Asia: Looking Beyond Huntington.

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