Table of Contents

Preface - Framework for Analysis - Instruments of Soviet Diplomacy and Self-Projection - Problems of Initial Adaptation for the USSR and Pakistan - Russian-Soviet Expansion towards Afghanistan: British-Indian and Pakistani Counter-Pressures - Foreign Policy's Adaptation to Regional and Global Environment: Regional Dynamics - Soviet Role in the Regional Dynamics - Strategic Significance of Border Conflicts - The Evolution of Detente with the Soviet Union - From Detente to Alienation: Emergence of Bangladesh and New Alignments - The New Pakistan: Doctrine of Bilateralism and the Nuclear Option - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and Its Impact on Pakistan - Post-Geneva Developments and the Soviet Collapse - Emergence of Central Asia: Post-Soviet Dynamics - Index