PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS By Dr Claude Rakisits Pakistan-US bilateral relations: a difficult road ahead, Australian Defence Force Journal, No 183, Nov-Dec 2010, pp. 17-26 World cannot allow Pakistan to collapse, The Australian, 12 October 2010 Pakistan in Crisis, address to the Australian Institute of International Affairs (Victoria Branch), Melbourne, 6 October 2010 Disaster takes Pakistan close to collapse, The Age, 12 August 2010 The Evolution of the Pakistani Taliban in Michael Clarke and Ashutosh Misra (eds.), Pakistan s Stability Paradox: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions, Griffith University, (Forthcoming) Pakistan's political cancer grows, The Australian, 8 July 2010 Congo's 50 years of utter misery, www.theage.com.au and www.smh.com.au, 5 July 2010 Pakistan stands to win from capture of Taliban leader, www.theage.com.au and www.smh.com.au, 23 February 2010 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 Obama s plan a real worry for Pakistan, The Age, 10 December 2009 Considered Opinion, Interview with The News on Sunday (Pakistan), 22 November 2009 US has a difficult PR battle in volatile Pakistan, www.theage.com.au and www.smh.com.au, 3 November 2009 Pakistan's Military Riled by the Kerry-Lugar Bill World Politics Review, 9 October 2009 Taliban down but not yet out, The Australian, 10 August 2009 The Afghanistan-Pakistan Vortex A three-part article on the security situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier area. www.exploringgeopolitics.org 28 June 2009
Battle with the Bad Guys, The Australian, 17 June 2009 Australia s Demographic and Geographic Factors: Their Influence on its Foreign Policy, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Geneva (Forthcoming) Conflits urbains au Pakistan, Edité par Participation et Progrès et le Centre International d Études Géopolitiques, (Forthcoming) 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 L Afghanistan et le Pakistan: La poudrière régionale, La Revue Militaire Suisse, Numéro 3, mai/juin 2009, pp 34-37 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 avoids the Abyss for now, The Australian Financial Review, 18 March 2009 Pakistan s Development and Security Challenges: an Outsider s Perception, an address to the National Defence University, Islamabad, 23 February 2009 Television interview with Pakistan Television (PTV) on the programme, Guest Book, on 20 February 2009 to discuss current political developments in Pakistan 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, 30 January 2009 Engaging Pakistan, Policy Brief, (Lowy Institute for International Policy), December 2008 Zardari not up to the Challenge, The Australian Financial Review, 22 September 2008 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, 9 April 2008 Child Soldiers in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Vol 27, Number 4, 2008, pp. 108 122.) Pakistan Afghanistan: Breaking the Taliban Connection in Alexandre Vautravers (ed.), Globalization of Security Trends and Perspectives, Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, 2008, pp. 69 85 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, 21 February 2008 One coup too many in a fragile land, The Australian Financial Review, 7 November 2007 Security trumps in Pakistan, The Australian, 8 October 2007 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 to post-graduate students, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Geneva, 10 February 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 Television interview on Australia s ABC s Asia-Pacific Program on 24 November 2005 for an analysis of the situation in Pakistan following the massive November earthquake Sudan s Darfur: Peace or more war on the horizon? (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) ASPI Strategic Insights August 2006 Crucial Messages for a Strategic ally, The Australian Financial Review, 22 November 2005
Pakistan s Musharraf: Playing a Balancing Act, (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) ASPI Strategic Insights November 2005 West has no choice with Musharraf, The Australian Financial Review, 20 October 2005 India-Pakistan Relations The Way Forward: An Australian Perspective, Paper presented at the Third Australia-India Security Roundtable, Chandigarh, India, 7-8 October 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, 1-2 March 2001 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, pp 463-464 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
Australia and the Indian Ocean, Asian Wall Street Journal, 7 March 1997 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 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 Australia will be more Asian than ever, Business Line (New Delhi), 29 April 1996 Howard s Australia is more Asian than ever, Asian Wall Street Journal, 24 April 1996 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 Australia and Asia, (Book review of Greg Sheridan s Living with Dragons: Australia Confronts its Asian Destiny, Allen & Unwin, 1995) in IPA Review, Vol 48, No 2, 1995, pp 58-60
Radio interview on the ABC s Country Hour current affairs program on 12 May 1994 for an analysis of developments in Yemen s civil war 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 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 Conflict in Southern Africa: Recent Domestic, Regional and International Developments, Background Paper, Legislative Research Service, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, November 1988 Democracy may finally get its chance, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 1988 Television interview on the ABC s Four Corners current affairs program on 22 August 1988 for an analysis of the situation in Pakistan following the assassination of President Zia-ul-Haq Pakistan: The Decade of General Zia-ul-Haq, Background Paper, Legislative Research Service, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, Aug. 1988 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 National Integration in Pakistan Under President Zia-ul-Haq: The Government s and the Opposition s Approaches, Pacific Affairs, Vol 61, No 1, Spring 1988, pp 78-97 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 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 Son of Islam Soldiers On, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 1987 National Integration in Pakistan: The Role of Islam, Ethnicity and the External Environment, Seminar presentation, Department of Government, University of Queensland, Brisbane, April 1984
National Integration in Pakistan: A Research Scholar s View, Seminar presentation to Cadets, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 1983