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The Pakistan Cauldron

Conspiracy, Assassination & Instability

BY JAMES P. FARWELL

FOREWORD BY JOSEPH D. DUFFEY

About the Author:
James P. Farwell is an author, defense consultant, and lawyer. Farwell was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He holds a B.A. from Tulane University, a J.D. in Law from Tulane University, and a D.C.L.S. in Comparative Law from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College). In addition, he is a Senior Research Scholar in Strategic Studies at the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. A former partner at Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Farwell specialized in business law and litigation for major multinationals. He also worked for advocacy groups and business associations such as the Coalition for Affordable Power, Louisiana Lottery, Louisiana Council for Fiscal Reform, North Carolina Citizens for Business & Industry, and the American Insurance Association. He also served as Arbitrator for the NYSE and American Arbitration Association, and as a mediator for the American Arbitration Association. Named one of America’s “Rising Stars” by Campaign & Elections Magazine, and cited by Roll Call as one of the top political consultants in the United States, Farwell has national and international experience in presidential campaigns. He has handled successful political campaigns in countries such as Greece, South Korea, and Bermuda. Foreign affairs has always been Farwell’s strong interest. After 9/11, he volunteered to help the Pentagon and became an independent consultant to the Department. Farwell has served as a consultant to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), Special Operations - Low Intensity Conflict, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Strategic Command. He is an internationally recognized subject matter expert in strategic communication and cyber warfare. Frequently invited to speak on Information Strategy and GWOT, Mr. Farwell has given talks at the USSOCOM/USSTRATCOM FMA Conference; JIOWC; the J-7 War Plan division of JCS; the 2007 London IO conference; U.S. Army War College; US STRATCOM’s conferences on Strategic Communication; the Joint Special Operations University; NATO’s Advanced Research Workshop Science for Peace Program (organized by the UK Defence Academy), and the Australia Security Research Centre’s cyber security conference in Canberra in 2010 and 2011.

Among his non-fiction publications are: The Power of Jihadi Video,,published by the Institute for International Strategic Studies in its flagship publication, Survival (2010); Egyptians want Freedom, Not an Islamic Republic (with Dr. Marvin Weinbaum), Middle East Institute commentary, March 7, 2011; Western Powers Must Divide Gadhafi From His Supporters for DefenceIQ.com, March 21, 2011;  Stuxnet and the Future of Cyberwar, published by the IISS in the February-March, 2011, issue of Survival; The Emerging Battlespace of Cyberwar: The Legal Framework and Policy Issues, IO Journal, February 2010; Countering Cyber Piracy and Cyber Vandalism: a New Perspective, for the Australian Research Security Institute (2010); Information Strategy and Effective National Power,” IO Journal, August, 2010; Focusing the Fight on Counter-Radicalisation: Why NATO Must Protect Its Own for DefenceIQ.com;  Zardari, Tolerance, and Tasser’s Murder,  published in February 2011 by Breitbart.com; Egypt’s Brothers Rise,  co-authored with Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, The National Interest, May-June 2011. He is also a regular contributor to DefenceIQ.com.

About the Book
The killing of Osama bin Laden spotlighted Pakistan’s unpredictable political dynamics, which are often driven by conspiracy theory, paranoia, and a sense of betrayal. In Pakistan, the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto famously declared, there is “always the story behind the story.” In The Pakistan Cauldron, James P. Farwell explains what makes Pakistani politics tick. Farwell has advised the Department of Defense on terrorism, sovereignty, and the political issues in the Middle East, Africa, and Pakistan. Here he reveals how key Pakistani political players have inconsistently employed the principles of strategic communication to advance their agendas and undercut their enemies. Pakistan is an enigma to many. Only by understanding the complex forces that shape Pakistani leaders can we uncover their shifting political agendas and how they affect America and the West. Farwell explains how and why former president Pervez Musharraf clamped down on nuclear scientist A. Q. Kahn and isolated him. He assesses Benazir Bhutto’s unique legacy and analyzes how Musharraf handled the aftermath of her assassination. He explains Pakistan’s current instability and demonstrates how the country’s emotional reaction to bin Laden’s death is best understood as the outcome of long-standing political dynamics. The Pakistan Cauldron is for anyone who needs to know why Pakistan continues to pose increasingly difficult challenges for the United States and the West. Here is a new review from a former foreign service officer;

This is a really good book, and stands out distinctly from all the other many books about Pakistan. It reveals the psyche and the unique qualities of this troubled and important nation through the eyes of three of its most compelling contemporary protagonists -- A.Q. Khan, Pervez Musharraf and the intriguing Benezir Bhutto. The latter especially is so well drawn that she takes on added near-beatific qualities, and it is so easy to understands what a loss her death was to her nation. No other book that I have read about Pakistan makes her as intriguing as this one. As a retired Foreign Service Officer who has dealt with Pakistan in the past, I understand how hard it is to get this country right; many have failed, but Farwell succeeds. Farwell weaves a compelling and prodigiously researched adventure of a traditional society whose place in the world was forever changed by September 11 and our admonition that they were "either for us or against us." To this day, Pakistan has not answered that question, and Farwell, in deft and compelling prose, demonstrates why and how Pakistan was forced into troubled and unnatural alliances that threaten US policy in that region and at the same time threaten Pakistan's own sovereignty. He understands and deftly describes the enormous price Pakistan has paid, and is paying, for what they perceive of as "America's War."This would have been enough to have made this a compelling read. But Farwell, a recognized expert in the new area of "strategic communication," takes this discipline and applies it to the three principals in the final part of this intriguing book. He shows how this discipline is applied in "real life" and how it is more than just a concept for cerebral tennis, but rather an art with, in some cases, life and death consequences.Pakistan lends itself only to an approximation of truth, but Farwell gets as close to the vital center of this troubled nation as anyone has done so far.
—Stan Schrager, former foreign service officer.

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