US-Pakistan Relations

The US-Pakistan ties have historically fluctuated due to third-party involvement. A significant trust deficit has resulted from the lack of bilateral push in the relationships. Both the countries attempted to change the direction of their interaction after understanding this major issue in their relationship, particularly following the US pullout from Afghanistan in 2021. The book traces the troubled history of the US-Pakistan relationship and projects its future with an emphasis on issues beyond security that will bring the two countries' people closer together and bridge the trust gap.

Sadia Sulaiman is Assistant Professor at the Area Study Centre for Africa, North, and South America, at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan. She earned her PhD from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Her areas of interest include post-conflict reconstruction, counter-terrorism, countering violent extremism, US Foreign Policy, diplomatic history, state fragility and governance reforms. She is the author of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: From Extremism to Peaceful Co-Existence and CPEC and SDGs in Pakistan: Measuring Impact on Common Lives. Dr. Sulaiman has wide experience of working as research consultant with UNDP, GIZ, DFID and King's College London.

Introduction Part I: History of US-Pakistan Relations 1. Geopolitical Paradoxes in the US-Pakistan Relations 2. Post-9/11 US-Pakistan Relations: An Alliance in Defiance Part II: US - Pakistan Ties under the Shadow of Geopolitics 3. Unravelling Triangular Perplexity in US-Pakistan-China Ties 4. US - Pakistan Relations and the Afghan Quagmire 5. India-US-Pakistan: Complexity of Strategic Triangle Part III: The US Analogies: Relevance for Pakistan 6. Human Rights and Media in the US - What Pakistan can Adopt? 7. Fair and Free Elections in Pakistan: Learning from the US Electoral Politics 8. Diversity, Difference, and Literature: An Account of American Experience and Lessons for Pakistan 9. US Economic Culture of Aid and Assistance Part IV: Moving Away from the Shadow of Geopolitics 10. New Pathways in Pakistan-US Ties: Addressing Human Security Concerns 11. Contributions of the US Fulbright Program in Knowledge-Based Economy in Pakistan 12. Diaspora and Public Diplomacy: A Case Study of Pakistani-American Software Developers 13. The Role of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Advancing US-Pakistan Economic and Cultural Ties 14. The Future of the US - Pakistan Relations: Continuity and Change 15. Can US-Pakistan Move Away from the Shadow of Geopolitics?