Baloch Nationalism and the Geopolitics of Energy Resources : The Changing Context of Separatism in Pakistan

This monograph examines the energy context of the simmering Baloch separatist insurgency that has surfaced in recent years in Pakistan's sprawling Balochistan (baluchistan) province. In particular, he looks at how Pakistan's mounting energy insecurity--a product of rapid increase in demand coupled with rising scarcity and the region's intensified energy rivalry--has both magnified the importance of this province while complicating Pakistan's efforts to cope with the resurgent tribal separatism. Pakistan's government needs to overhaul its counterinsurgent policies to avoid protracted conflict and to enlist the Baloch (Baluchis) as partners in energy development, not as antagonists of it.