Library

The PIIA Library has the finest specialized holding in Pakistan on international relations with an excellent collection of over 35,000 books, covering areas of foreign policy, international politics, area studies, peace and conflict studies, terrorism and related subjects. The library also has a number of reports, databases and bound volumes of 15,000 old journals. A list of all titles of our journal Pakistan Horizon is available here. Check out our Library Blog for the latest on new books and opening hours.

The Library receives over 100 journals and newspapers and maintains a unique system of newspaper clippings to facilitate research. Recent acquisitions include:

Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Hydro Politics and Water Wars in South Asia

Maleeha Lodhi (ed.), Pakistan: Beyond the ‘Crisis State’

Stanley Wolpert, India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation

Jonathan C. Randal, Osama: The Making of a Terrorist

Edward W. Said, Culture and Imperialism

Arundhati Roy, Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy

Mohammad A. Qadeer, Pakistan: Social and cultural transformations in a Muslim nation

Michael Bhatia and Mark Sedra, Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed groups, disarmament and security in a post-war society

M.J. Akbar, The Past and Future of Pakistan

John Baylis, The Globalisation of World Politics

Abdul Muhammad Qadeer, Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation

S.Akbar Zaidi, Civil Society and Democratization in Pakistan

Saya Makito, The Sino-Japanese War and the Birth of Japanese Nationalism

Atful Hye Shibly, Abdul Mateen Chaudhury: Trusted Lieutenant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Moonis Ahmar, Conflict Transformation and the Challenge of Peace

Sahira Jawlia, Kashmir in the Crossfire

Smitu Kothari and Zia Mian, Bridging Partition: People’s Initiatives for Peace Between India and Pakistan

Zahid Hussain, Frontline Pakistan: The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto

Jean, Robert Leguey, Feilleux, The Dynamics of Diplomacy

Sumit Ganguly, India, Pakistan and the Bomb

Zafar Iqbal Cheema, Indian Nuclear Deterrence

James Forgusson, Taliban

Aminullah Chaudry, Musharraf, Nawaz and Hijacking from the Ground: The Bizarre Story of PK 805

Amir Mir, The Bhutto Murder: Trial From Waziristan to GHQ

Stanley Wolpert, Continued Conflict or Cooperation

Robert I. Rotberg, Corruption, Global Security and World Order

Adrian Guelke, The New Age of Terrorism and the International Political System

Leigh Skene, The Impoverishment of Nations: The Issues facing the Global Economy

Iftikhar Malik, Pakistan, Democracy, Terror and the Building of a Nation

Bob Woodward, Obama’s Wars: The Inside Story

Fatima Bhutto, Songs of Blood and Sword

Iguchi Takeo, Demystifying Pearl Harbour: A New Perspective From Japan

Aazar Ayaz and Andrea Fleschenberg, The Gender Face of Asian politics

Ali A. Allawi, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization

Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice

 

Note: A complete list of new books is available with the Librarian.