Friend or foe?: deconstructing the US-Pakistan alliance

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dc.contributor.advisorTerriff, Terry
dc.contributor.authorRichert, Ruth Allen Vooys
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:37:48Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:37:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 142-158en
dc.description.abstractAre the US and Pakistan friends or foes? A methodological framework of constructivism will be employed to answer this question. First, constructivism will be outlined, and its applicability to the case of the US-Pakistan alliance will be demonstrated. The specific constructivist tools to be used - narrativity and role identity formation - and their applicability to the relationship between Pakistan and the US will be described. The national narrative formation process of both states will then be addressed, and will include such elements as religion, domestic politics, and foreign policy. Interactions between the two states and the process by which role identities are formed will then be described. This will include themes such as victirnhood and exceptionalism. Finally, this paper will address the thesis question and conclude that the US and Pakistan are fundamentally foes, not friends.
dc.format.extentvi, 158 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationRichert, R. A. (2012). Friend or foe?: deconstructing the US-Pakistan alliance (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://ucalgary.scholaris.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5057en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5057
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106058
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleFriend or foe?: deconstructing the US-Pakistan alliance
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMilitary and Strategic Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Strategic Studies (MSS)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2117 627942987
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