NBR Analysis: Volume 19

Contents

NBR ANALYSIS Volume 19 Understanding China’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Number 1, July 2008 Russian Energy Policy and Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Number 2, July 2008 Challenges Facing Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Number 3, August 2008 Aspects of Islamism in South and Southeast Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Number 4, August 2008 Post–September 11 Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: Prospects for Counter-insurgency Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Number 5, December 2008 This publication collects all five issues in volume 19 of the NBR Analysis, which offers timely essays on the most important economic, political, and strategic issues in the Asia-Pacific region: • “Understanding China’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund,” National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR Analysis, vol. 19, no. 1, July 2008. • “Russian Energy Policy and Strategy,” National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR Analysis, vol. 19, no. 2, July 2008. • “Challenges Facing Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),” National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR Analysis, vol. 19, no. 3, August 2008. • “Aspects of Islamism in South and Southeast Asia,” National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR Analysis, vol. 19, no. 4, August 2008. • “Post–September 11 Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: Prospects for Counterinsurgency Cooperation,” National Bureau of Asian Research, NBR Analysis, vol. 19, no. 5, December 2008. The NBR Analysis was published five times annually from 1990 to 2008 and is now an occasional essay series. For more information about the NBR Analysis and other NBR publications, please visit http://www.nbr.org. ...