The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism

This book explores the ideological, political and military interventions of the state of Pakistan in Balochistan, and traces the genesis of today's secessionist movement. Drawing on hitherto unexplored sources, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, politics, international relations and area studies.

Salman Rafi Sheikh, previously a research scholar at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, is by training a political scientist, specializing in political history with focus on ethno-nationalism, identity politics and post-colonialism. He writes on Pakistan's various socio-political issues, foreign policies of major powers towards regional issues, including Balochistan, their application and consequences, and his op-eds and insights regularly appear in highly acclaimed international and regional media such as Asia Times.

Acknowledgements 1. The case of Balochistan: a self-fulfilling prophecy 2. Ideological interventions 3. Political interventions 4. Military interventions 5. Epilogue: reflections on the changing dimensions of the Baloch national movement since 1977 Appendices. Index.