PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS
By Associate Professor Claude Rakisits
Chapters in Books
South Asian Relations (Interview), in Mahendra Gaur (ed), Area Studies: South Asia, Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, 2017, pp. 42-47.
Karachi - A Case Study in Religious and Ethnic Extremism: Implications for Urban Sustainability in Yamini Nayaranan (ed.), Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising Sustainable Cities for South Asia, Routledge, Milton Park, Oxon, 2016, pp. 162-179.
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Post-2014: The Great Unknown, in Mahendra Gaur and India Gaur (eds), Studies on Pakistan, (Country-specific Study Project), Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi, Vol. 2, 2014, pp. 187-192.
Australia’s Demographic and Geographic Factors: Their Influence on its Foreign Policy in Gyula Csurgai (ed.), Geopolitics and Demography/Géopolitique et Démographie, Pregny, Suisse, 2013, pp. 195- 218.
Conflits urbains au Pakistanin Gyula Csurgai,Pierre Pascallon & Alexandre Vautravers (eds.), Conflits en zone urbaine, Geneva, Participation et Progrès, Centre International d’Études Géopolitiques & Webster University, 2013, pp. 143-163.
The Evolution of the Pakistani Talibanin Michael Clarke and Ashutosh Misra (eds.), Pakistan’s Stability Paradox: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions, Oxon and New York, Routledge, 2012, pp. 137 – 152.
Why Pakistan is important to the World – A View from Down Under, in Col Harjeet Singh (ed.),South Asia Defence and Strategic Yearbook, New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2010, pp. 111-117.
Pakistan’s Tribal Areas: A Critical No-Man’s Land in Alexandre Vautravers (ed.), Globalization of Security Trends and Perspectives, Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, 2008, pp. 127-139.
The Darfur Conflict: What is it about and what is at stake?, in Gyula Csurgai (ed.), Geopolitics – Schools of Thought, Method of Analysis, Case Studies, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Editions de Penthes, Geneva, 2009, pp. 144 – 160.
Pakistan – Afghanistan: Breaking the Taliban Connection in Alexandre Vautravers (ed.), Globalization of Security Trends and Perspectives, Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, 2008, pp. 69 – 85.
Developments in Bangladesh, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, pp. 405-406.
Developments in Bhutan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, p.409.
Developments in Myanmar, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, p.474.
Developments in Nepal, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, p.475.
Developments in Sri Lanka, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, p.496-497.
Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 Book of the Year, 1999, p. 497.
Developments in Bangladesh, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 Book of the Year, 1998, pp 400-401.
Developments in Bhutan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 Book of the Year,
1998, p.403.
Developments in Myanmar, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 Book of the Year, 1998, pp463-464.
Developments in Sri Lanka, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 Book of the Year, 1998, pp. 475-476.
Developments in Nepal, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 Book of the Year,
1998, p.464.
Developments in Bangladesh, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1996 Book of the Year, 1997, pp. 394-395.
Developments in Bhutan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1996 Book of the Year,
1997, p.397.
Developments in Myanmar, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1996 Book of the Year, 1997, p.455.
Developments in Nepal, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1996 Book of the Year,
1997, p.455.
Developments in Sri Lanka, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1996 Book of the Year, 1997, pp.475-476.
Developments in Bangladesh, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995 Book of the Year, 1996, p. 376.
Developments in Bhutan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995 Book of the Year,
1996, p.378.
Developments in Nepal, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995 Book of the Year,
1996, p.448.
Developments in Myanmar, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995 Book of the Year, 1996, p.447.
Developments in Sri Lanka, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995 Book of the Year, 1996, pp.472-473.
The Gulf Crisis: Failure of Preventive Diplomacy, in Kevin Clemins and Robin Ward (eds.), Building International Community (Cooperating for Peace Case Studies), Allen & Unwin 1994, pp. 58-103.
Australia and the Persian Gulf Conflict: The Public Perception of the War, in Robert H. Bruce (ed.), Australia and the Indian Ocean, Studies in Indian Ocean Maritime Affairs, No 1, Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 1988, pp. 122-138.
Journal Articles
US-Pakistan Relations Remain as Critical as Ever, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 9 June 2016.
A Path to the Sea: China’s Pakistan Plan, World Affairs, Fall 2015, pp. 67-74.
Pakistan: The Odd Man Out in its Own Region, Griffith Asia Quarterly, Vol. 1,
No 2/3, 2013, pp. 24-50.
Pakistan – China bilateral relations 2001 – 2011: A deepening but cautious partnership, Security Challenges, Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2012, pp. 83-101.
Pakistan's twin interrelated challenges: economic development and security,
Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 66, No. 2, April 2012, pp. 139 – 145.
Pakistan-US bilateral relations: a difficult road ahead, Australian Defence Force Journal, No 183, Nov-Dec 2010, pp. 17-26.
L’Afghanistan et le Pakistan: La poudrière régionale, La Revue Militaire Suisse, Numéro 3, mai/juin 2009, pp 34-37.
Child Soldiers in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Vol 27, Number 4, 2008, pp. 108 – 122).
National Integration in Pakistan under President Zia-ul-Haq: The Government’s and
the Opposition’s Approaches, Pacific Affairs, Vol 61, No1, Spring 1988, pp 78-97.
Think-tank articles
How America is about to ‘lose’ Pakistan to China, South Asia Democratic Forum Comment, No 115, 29 January 2018.
Pakistan: The Rise of religious extremism, South Asia Democratic Forum Comment,No 110, 11 December 2017.
Pakistan’s release of LeT head: bad idea, wrong signals, The Strategist,
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute),29 November 2017.
Pakistan post-Sharif: expect little change, The Strategist,
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute),15August 2017.
Trump’s Afghanistan surge: a sense of déjà vu, The Strategist,
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute),16 June 2017.
Putin’s Russian roulette in Afghanistan,The Strategist,
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 10 May 2017.
Pakistan-Iran Bilateral Relations: More Growth but not close - Part One: Afghanistan, India and China, Future Directions International,23 March 2017.
Pakistan-Iran Bilateral Relations: More Growth but not close; Part Two:
Saudi Arabia and Balochistan, Future Directions International,28 March 2017.
Trump's 'Muslim ban' makes Pakistan nervous", The Strategist,
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 6 February 2017.
Why Trump has rattled the Land Down Under", The Diplomat, 15 December 2016.
Trump's fantastic phone call with Pakistan's PM", The Strategist
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 8 December 2016.
Balochistan: Pakistan's soft underbelly, The Strategist, (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 10 August 2016.
Afghanistan: Obama's last and reluctant troop decision, The Strategist, (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 8 July 2016.
Letter from Washington: back to the future with Clinton's foreign policy,
The Strategist, (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 20 June 2016.
The fallout from the assassination of Mullah Mansour,The Strategist(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 25 May 2016.
Letter from Washington: America's Saudi Dilemma, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 19 May 2016.
Letter from Washington: Trump's bizarre and dangerous foreign policy,
The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 13 April 2016.
Pakistan's bloody Easter Sunday, The Interpreter(Lowy Institute for International Policy), 30 March 2016.
Letter from Washington: Syria, the ceasefire and how Putin outfoxed Obama,TheStrategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 15 March 2016.
Letter from Washington: Afghanistan and the changing of the American guard, TheStrategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 11 February 2016.
Letter from Washington: Saudi Arabia, Iran and America’s new Middle East headache, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 13January 2016.
The terrorist attack on Pathankot: What does it mean?, The Interpreter (LowyInstitute for International Policy), 6 January 2016.
Letter from Washington: TheCOP21 agreement and America’s mixed reaction, TheStrategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 17 December 2015.
Letter from Washington: The Paris attacks and America’s response, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute),20 November 2015.
Letter from Washington: Russia, Syria and America’s feeble response, TheStrategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 26 October 2015.
Letter from Washington: The Xi-Obama Summit, no lovefest, Australian Outlook, (Australian Institute of International Affairs), 1 October 2015.
Letter from Washington: The war no one wants to hear about, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 9 September 2015.
Letter from Washington: The Iran Deal—now for the hard part, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 13August 2015.
How China Could Become a Two-Ocean Power (Thanks to Pakistan), The National Interest, 12 June 2015.
Death penalty returns to Pakistan, Advancing Together(LexisNexis), Vol. 4, Issue1, June 2015, pp. 15-16.
Pakistan’s Controversial Yemen Decision, Future Directions International,
21 April 2015.
Pakistan: Things just got much worse, The Strategist(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 22 December 2014.
Pakistan: The State of Terror,Foreign Policy, 7 November 2014.
Karachi airport attack: Pakistan faces an existential threat, The Interpreter,
(Lowy Institute for International Policy), 11June 2014.
The War on the Pakistani Taliban: Some Good News of Sorts, Future Directions International, 4 June 2014.
What does the Modi election mean for India-Pakistan relations, The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute),22 May 2014.
Pakistan: Why war with the Taliban is now the only option, The Interpreter(LowyInstitute for International Policy), 6March 2014.
Talking with Taliban won’t end Pakistan’s ‘existential threat’, The Conversation, 13February 2014.
Taliban leader’s drone-attack death complicates Pakistan’s politics,
The Interpreter (Lowy Institute for International Policy), 5 November 2013.
Pakistan’s Policy Objectives in the Indian Ocean Region, Future Directions International, Strategic Analysis Paper, 2 September 2013.
Indo-Pakistan relations under Sharif – Room for optimism?, Future Directions International, 12 June 2013.
Another drone kill in Pakistan, The Strategist(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 4June 2013.
Talking to the Taliban: Pakistan’s historic election promises fundamental change, TheConversation, 13 May 2013.
John Kerry and Pakistan: The Road Ahead, The Strategist(Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 6 February 2013.
Pakistan-China Relations: Bumps on the Road to Shangri-La, Future Directions International, Strategic Analysis Paper, 13 November 2012.
The third debate and the nagging Afghan-Pakistan question, The Conversation,
24 October 2012.
Pakistan to Tackle Taliban in North Waziristan Counter-insurgency Operation,
Future Directions International, 22 August 2012.
Pakistan blockade: US convoys are not going anywhere soon, TheConversation, 14June 2012.
The End Game in Afghanistan: Pakistan’s Critical Role, Future Directions International, 21 May 2012.
Karachi violence putting NATO troops in Afghanistan at risk, The Conversation, 23September 2011.
US aid cuts won’t hit Pakistan where it hurts, The Conversation, 15 July 2011.
Pakistan's Military Riled by the Kerry-Lugar Bill – World Politics Review, 9October 2009.
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Vortex – A three-part article on the security situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier area.
28 June 2009.
Engaging Pakistan, Policy Brief, (Lowy Institute for International Policy),
December 2008.
Sudan’s Darfur: Peace or more war on the horizon?,ASPI Strategic Insights(Australian Strategic Policy Institute) August 2006.
Pakistan’s Musharraf: Playing a Balancing Act, ASPI Strategic Insights(Australian Strategic Policy Institute) November 2005.
Newspaper articles
Pakistan must come to party on fighting terror or pay the price,
The Australian,27 October 2016.
Erdogan to take even harder line after win in Turkey’s election, The Weekend Australian, 7 November 2015.
Saudi Arabia: A Sense of Siege, Defence Journal, February 2015, Vol. 17,
No. 7, pp. 71-73.
Pakistan’s long-term stability remains concern to the US, The Australian,
25 September 2013.
Sharif's triumph poses problems for Washington, The Australian, 14 May 2013.
There’ll be a Price to Pay for Terror Listing, The Australian, 10 September 2012.
Bounty on Pakistan will not pay off, The Australian, 11 April 2012.
Pakistan should have its share too, Dawn.com, 6 December 2011.
Obama must assist Pakistan, not punish it, The Australian, 20 June 2011.
Blood money deal to free American leaves a bitter taste, The Weekend Australian, 1920 March 2011.
World cannot allow Pakistan to collapse, The Australian, 12 October 2010.
Disaster takes Pakistan close to collapse, The Age, 12 August 2010.
Pakistan's political cancer grows, The Australian, 8 July 2010.
Congo's 50 years of utter misery,The Age, 5July 2010.
Pakistan stands to win from capture of Taliban leader, The Age,
23 February 2010.
Obama’s plan a real worry for Pakistan, The Age, 10 December 2009.
US has a difficult PR battle in volatile Pakistan, The Sydney Morning Herald,
3November 2009.
Taliban down but not yet out, The Australian, 10 August 2009.
Battle with the Bad Guys, The Australian, 17 June 2009.
Pakistan avoids the Abyss – for now, The Australian Financial Review, 18March2009.
Zardari not up to the Challenge, The Australian Financial Review,
22September 2008.
One coup too many in a fragile land, The Australian Financial Review,
7November 2007.
Security trumps in Pakistan, The Australian, 8 October 2007.
Crucial Messages for a Strategic ally,The Australian Financial Review, 22November 2005.
West has no choice with Musharraf, The Australian Financial Review,
20October 2005.
Australia and the Indian Ocean, Asian Wall Street Journal, 7 March 1997.
Howard’s Australia is more Asian than ever, Asian Wall Street Journal, 24April 1996.
Democracy may finally get its chance, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19August 1988.
Son of Islam Soldiers On, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 1987.
Other publications
Australia and Asia, (Book review of Greg Sheridan’s Living with Dragons: Australia Confronts its Asian Destiny, Allen & Unwin, 1995) in IPAReview,
Vol 48, No 2, 1995, pp 58-60.
Terrorism and Justice, (Book review of R.C. Smith’s Ethics and Informal War,
Vantage Press, 1990) in IPA Review, Vol 45, No 3, 1992, pp 53-54.
Conflict in Southern Africa: Recent Domestic, Regional and International Developments, Background Paper, Legislative Research Service, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, November 1988.
Pakistan: The Decade of General Zia-ul-Haq, Background Paper, Legislative Research Service, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, August. 1988.
The Gulf Conflict: Recent Developments and International Implications, Current Issues Paper, No 10, 1987-88, Legislative Research Service, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, January 1988.
Public presentations
Identity, Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 17 July 2017.
Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 18 June 2016.
Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 17 June 2015.
Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 9 April 2014.
Identity, Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 8 April 2013.
Pakistan-US relations: Where are they heading?, Address to the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, University of Western Australia, Perth, 9 October 2012.
Australia’s Foreign Policy,Seminar presentation, Ministry of Information, Islamabad, Pakistan, 13 June 2012.
The Pakistan Dilemma: Why the world should care, Address to the National Defence University, Islamabad, 11 June 2012.
Identity, Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 7 April 2012.
The End Game in Afghanistan: Pakistan’s Role, Address to the Australian Institute of International Affairs (ACT Branch), Canberra, 1 February 2012.
Identity, Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 6 April 2011.
Pakistan in Crisis, address to the Australian Institute of International Affairs (VictoriaBranch), Melbourne, 6 October 2010.
Identity, Diplomacy and Security in Pakistan, Presentation to the Centre for Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian Defence College, 5 April 2010.
Australia’s Demographic and Geographic Factors: Their Influence on its Foreign Policy, Paper presented at the international symposium on Geopolitics and Demography, organized by the International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Geneva, 17 April 2009.
Pakistan’s Development and Security Challenges: an Outsider’s Perception, Address to the National Defence University, Islamabad, 23February 2009.
Urban Conflict in Pakistan, Paper presented at the conference on Conflicts and Emergencies in Urban Areas, organized by the International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, the Department of International Relations, Webster University, and Participation et Progrès, Geneva, 30January 2009.
The Darfur Conflict: What is it about, who is involved and what is at stake? Seminar presentation to the Annual Summer University Course 2008, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Geneva, 15 July 2008.
Pakistan’s Tribal Areas: A Critical No-Man’s Land, Paper presented at the Webster Security Forum, organised by the Department of International Relations, Webster University, Geneva, 25 April 2008.
A New Government in Pakistan – A New Policy on Afghanistan? Address delivered at the Defence and Strategic Studies Department, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 9April 2008.
Child Soldiers in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Paper presented at the 13th International Humanitarian Conference, organised by Webster University under the Auspices of the Government of the Canton of Geneva, Geneva, 21February 2008.
The Darfur Conflict: What is it about and what is at stake? Seminar presentation to the Annual Summer University Course 2007, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Geneva, 19 July 2007.
Afghanistan: Five Years after the Taliban – How do we fix it?, Seminar presentation, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Geneva, 10February 2007.
Pakistan – Afghanistan: Breaking the Taliban Connection, Paper presented at the Webster Security Forum, organised by the Department of International Relations, Webster University, Geneva, 2 February 2007.
India-Pakistan Relations – The Way Forward: An Australian Perspective, Paper presented at the Third Australia-India Security Roundtable, Chandigarh, India, 78October 2003.
The Nuclearization of South Asia and Its Strategic Consequences for the Asia-Pacific Region: An Australian Perspective, Paper co-authored with Allan Behm and presented at the conference, Nuclearization of the Indian Ocean States, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University, 12 March 2001.
Security and Trade Dimensions in the Indian Ocean: the View from Australia, Paper presented at the Indian Ocean Connections: Land, Peoples and History conference sponsored by the Middle East Institute, the Southern Asian Institute, the Institute of African Studies and the Camoes Centre for the Study of the Portuguese-speaking world, Columbia University, New York, 10 Feb. 1997.
Australia and the Persian Gulf Conflict: The Public Perception of the War, Paper presented at the Australia and the Indian Ocean Seminar, organised by the Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, Freemantle, 28 – 30 March 1988.
National Integration in Pakistan: A Research Scholar’s View,Seminar presentation to Cadets, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 1983.
Interviews
Pakistan pushed into China’s embrace as US cuts military aid (Interview), Defense News, 8 January 2018.