Former foreign minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book ‘Neither A Hawk, Nor A Dove’ on Pakistan’s foreign policy will be launched in early September.
Interestingly, the book’s title is based on the first line in the book in which former President Pervez Musharraf has been quoted in his very first meeting with the new Foreign Minister asking him pointedly, “Are you a hawk or a dove on India, Kasuri Sahib?”
The book has been published worldwide by the Oxford University Press. It will be published in India by Penguin. It may be pointed out that two internationally established publishing houses have agreed to publish the same book, which is very rare. The book contains the first ever insider’s account by someone who took part in the developments at the official level on Kashmir with his Indian, European, and American counterparts and also gives details regarding the backchannel negotiations on Kashmir and the peace process during 2002 to the end of 2007 regarded by keen observers and analysts of International Affairs as the most productive peace process between Pakistan and India since independence.
Mr Kasuri has updated the book to early 2015 including the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India and has analysed the situation regarding the latest developments in India, Afghanistan and on Pak-US relations based on his experience of dealing with these countries as a foreign minister.