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Having remained wedded to Kashmir as an 'armed self-determination conflict' for over five decades, Pakistan under General Pervez Musharraf seems to be changing course in favour of a diplomatic settlement that would be acceptable to India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris. This changing Pakistani outlook on Kashmir is clearly reflected in President Musharraf 's advocacy of a four-point proposal which seeks a settlement of the Kashmir dispute outside the framework of UN resolutions. This article describes key elements of Islamabad's new thinking on Kashmir, analyses some of the domestic, regional and global factors underpinning this change and concludes by noting some of the domestic challenges faced by Musharraf in effectively pursuing his out of the box thinking on Kashmir.

The paper examines the possibilities of economic co-operation between Pakistan and newly independent central Asian republics (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) from the standpoint of political economy considerations. It does so in the specific context of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) which was recently joined by these central Asian states except Kazakhstan (it was given observer status in the ECO). (DÜI-Sen)

Analyse der sowjetisch-afghanischen Beziehungen (1964-1982) vermittels der Dependenz-Theorie mit dem Schwergewicht auf die Dimension der politischen Ökonomie. (DÜI-Wit)