Jean-Luc Racine
Research director emeritus, CNRS, and senior research fellow at the Asia Centre.
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Pakistan-Arabia: Trouble in Paradise
Jean-Luc Racine
· July 2022
Well established ever since Pakistan gained its independence in 1947, that country’s alliance with Saudi Arabia has recently been compromised by the Kashmir crisis and the rapprochement between Riyadh and New Delhi.
Identity-based thinking in Pakistan harks back to the 1947 partition which (…) -
The Taliban in Power : Pakistan Torn Between Satisfaction and Anxiety
Jean-Luc Racine
· October 2021
At first sight, the Taliban’s return to power is good news for Pakistan, which has supported them from the beginning. But in Islamabad, there are visible signs of anxiety about this regional upheaval.
The Taliban return to power, signalled by the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2011, looked at (…)