Victoria Schofield
Biographic Data
| ID | 535102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Schofield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Schofield |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOFIELD V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The China Factor in Jammu and Kashmir
Chogm 2022
Pakistan at 75
Indian General Elections and the State of Jammu and Kashmir
The success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the recent elections to India’s Lok Sabha did not come as a surprise in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. So great
Defeat Is an Orphan
In this forthright account, as the subtitle suggests, Myra MacDonald explains why Pakistan has lost what she describes as the ‘Great South Asian War’ against neighbouring India, making the country
Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi
Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi ‘evolved out of a wish to formalise conversations that occur between academics, journalists, writers, and activists in Karachi, but which rarely populate the same
Pakistan at 70
Why Kashmir Is Still Important
Kashmir, at present, is not being treated as a priority by politicians or policy makers. The author argues that this is a grave mistake. The ground realities which have continued to blight the lives of millions in the region for decades have not been resolved. Not only do they demand resolution, but leave the region fragile and unstable, a danger exacerbated by the nuclear capabilities of India and Pakistan. The domestic narratives within India a…
Pakistan
Getting Away with Murder, Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
The Pity of Partition
As the niece of Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–55), Pakistan’s well-known Urdu short-story writer, Dr Ayesha Jalal is well-placed to write an accurate and intimate portrait of his life. What she has trie
Witness to History
Pakistan
Pakistan has been in the forefront of foreign policy debate for decades, at times condemned as a failing or failed state, also as a ‘terrorist’ state. As the country faces continuing pressure from the fallout of the war in Afghanistan as well as deepening internal strife, this article gives an overview of Pakistan's problems, highlighting growing anti-Western sentiment and emphasising the importance of institutional stability, as well as a resolu…
CHOGM Diary
South Asia
Pakistan (Review Article)
Victoria Schofield reviews two books on Pakistan:- the third, much revised, edition of Owen Bennett Jones’ Pakistan In the Eye of the Storm and Hilary Synnott's Transforming Pakistan, Ways out of Instability. Both books are arranged thematically and are full of useful information. They underline how important it is for outsiders to understand the course of recent events. For even though the problems facing Pakistan can in the end only be resolved…
South Asia
Can Democracy Work in Pakistan
The author argues that military rule has never been good for Pakistan. Historically it has not helped the fight against extremism, On the contrary, the generals’ search for some sort of legitimacy has tended to give encouragement to militant Islam. Certainly, the democratic road has been difficult in many countries, but there is no alternative. It is the only road for Pakistan. The West should not give support to anti-democratic forces under the …
Kashmiri separatism and Pakistan in the current global environment
The theme of this paper is to review the extent to which, in the post-9/11 environment, it became difficult for Pakistan to continue its covert support of the Kashmiri separatist movement at the same time as assisting the United States and its allies in the global ‘War on Terror’. The paper will explain the origins of Pakistan's support and also examine the potential that the dispute between India and Pakistan over the state of Jammu and Kashmir …
Kashmir in Conflict
Gilmour, D. The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
(2002). Gilmour, D. The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. Asian Affairs: Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 349-396
Pakistan
As President Pervez Musharraf was celebrating the second anniversary of the military coup which ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in October 1999, Pakistan found itself thrust once more into the limelight. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington in September 2001 opened a new chapter in US-Pakistani relations at a time when Pakistan was struggling to re-structure its economy and return to democr…
Kashmir Conflict
Kashmir in Conflict
Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquility, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and posing a nuclear threat for the entire world? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the 1990s. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan as well as historical sour…
The crisis in Kashmir
Journal Article The crisis in Kashmir: portents of war, hopes of peace and The challenge in Kashmir: democracy, self-determination and a just peace Get access The crisis in Kashmir: portents of war, hopes of peace. By Šumit Ganguly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. 183pp. Index. £30.00. ISBN0 521 59066 3.The challenge in Kashmir: democracy, self-determination and a just peace. By Sumantra Bose. London: Sage. 1997. 210pp. Index. £20.00…
Kashmir in Conflict
Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquility, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and posing a nuclear threat for the entire world? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the 1990s. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan as well as historical sour…
Can Democracy Work in Pakistan
The author argues that military rule has never been good for Pakistan. Historically it has not helped the fight against extremism, On the contrary, the generals’ search for some sort of legitimacy has tended to give encouragement to militant Islam. Certainly, the democratic road has been difficult in many countries, but there is no alternative. It is the only road for Pakistan. The West should not give support to anti-democratic forces under the …
Kashmir - Today, Tomorrow
Cet article retrace le long conflit qu'a connu l'Etat du Cachemire depuis l'independance de l'Inde en 1947 ; tout comme l'Etat princier du Jammu, le Cachemire est considere par ses propres habitants comme un Etat delaisse des preoccupations du gouvernement Indien, et plus generalement de la politique internationale, ainsi qu'un territoire brise par la partition, incomplete, entre l'Inde et le Pakistan. L'A. analyse l'histoire des conflits entre l…
Why Kashmir Is Still Important
Kashmir, at present, is not being treated as a priority by politicians or policy makers. The author argues that this is a grave mistake. The ground realities which have continued to blight the lives of millions in the region for decades have not been resolved. Not only do they demand resolution, but leave the region fragile and unstable, a danger exacerbated by the nuclear capabilities of India and Pakistan. The domestic narratives within India a…
Pakistan
Pakistan has been in the forefront of foreign policy debate for decades, at times condemned as a failing or failed state, also as a ‘terrorist’ state. As the country faces continuing pressure from the fallout of the war in Afghanistan as well as deepening internal strife, this article gives an overview of Pakistan's problems, highlighting growing anti-Western sentiment and emphasising the importance of institutional stability, as well as a resolu…
CHOGM Diary
Kashmiri separatism and Pakistan in the current global environment
The theme of this paper is to review the extent to which, in the post-9/11 environment, it became difficult for Pakistan to continue its covert support of the Kashmiri separatist movement at the same time as assisting the United States and its allies in the global ‘War on Terror’. The paper will explain the origins of Pakistan's support and also examine the potential that the dispute between India and Pakistan over the state of Jammu and Kashmir …
The crisis in Kashmir
Journal Article The crisis in Kashmir: portents of war, hopes of peace and The challenge in Kashmir: democracy, self-determination and a just peace Get access The crisis in Kashmir: portents of war, hopes of peace. By Šumit Ganguly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. 183pp. Index. £30.00. ISBN0 521 59066 3.The challenge in Kashmir: democracy, self-determination and a just peace. By Sumantra Bose. London: Sage. 1997. 210pp. Index. £20.00…
Kashmir - Today, Tomorrow
Cet article retrace le long conflit qu'a connu l'Etat du Cachemire depuis l'independance de l'Inde en 1947 ; tout comme l'Etat princier du Jammu, le Cachemire est considere par ses propres habitants comme un Etat delaisse des preoccupations du gouvernement Indien, et plus generalement de la politique internationale, ainsi qu'un territoire brise par la partition, incomplete, entre l'Inde et le Pakistan. L'A. analyse l'histoire des conflits entre l…
Kashmir in Conflict
Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquility, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and posing a nuclear threat for the entire world? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the 1990s. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan as well as historical sour…
Kashmir Conflict
Gilmour, D. The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
(2002). Gilmour, D. The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. Asian Affairs: Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 349-396
Pakistan
As President Pervez Musharraf was celebrating the second anniversary of the military coup which ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in October 1999, Pakistan found itself thrust once more into the limelight. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington in September 2001 opened a new chapter in US-Pakistani relations at a time when Pakistan was struggling to re-structure its economy and return to democr…
Kashmir in Conflict
Kashmiri separatism and Pakistan in the current global environment
The theme of this paper is to review the extent to which, in the post-9/11 environment, it became difficult for Pakistan to continue its covert support of the Kashmiri separatist movement at the same time as assisting the United States and its allies in the global ‘War on Terror’. The paper will explain the origins of Pakistan's support and also examine the potential that the dispute between India and Pakistan over the state of Jammu and Kashmir …
South Asia
Can Democracy Work in Pakistan
The author argues that military rule has never been good for Pakistan. Historically it has not helped the fight against extremism, On the contrary, the generals’ search for some sort of legitimacy has tended to give encouragement to militant Islam. Certainly, the democratic road has been difficult in many countries, but there is no alternative. It is the only road for Pakistan. The West should not give support to anti-democratic forces under the …
Pakistan (Review Article)
Victoria Schofield reviews two books on Pakistan:- the third, much revised, edition of Owen Bennett Jones’ Pakistan In the Eye of the Storm and Hilary Synnott's Transforming Pakistan, Ways out of Instability. Both books are arranged thematically and are full of useful information. They underline how important it is for outsiders to understand the course of recent events. For even though the problems facing Pakistan can in the end only be resolved…
Pakistan
Pakistan has been in the forefront of foreign policy debate for decades, at times condemned as a failing or failed state, also as a ‘terrorist’ state. As the country faces continuing pressure from the fallout of the war in Afghanistan as well as deepening internal strife, this article gives an overview of Pakistan's problems, highlighting growing anti-Western sentiment and emphasising the importance of institutional stability, as well as a resolu…
CHOGM Diary
South Asia
Witness to History
Pakistan
Getting Away with Murder, Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
The Pity of Partition
As the niece of Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–55), Pakistan’s well-known Urdu short-story writer, Dr Ayesha Jalal is well-placed to write an accurate and intimate portrait of his life. What she has trie
Why Kashmir Is Still Important
Kashmir, at present, is not being treated as a priority by politicians or policy makers. The author argues that this is a grave mistake. The ground realities which have continued to blight the lives of millions in the region for decades have not been resolved. Not only do they demand resolution, but leave the region fragile and unstable, a danger exacerbated by the nuclear capabilities of India and Pakistan. The domestic narratives within India a…
Pakistan at 70
Defeat Is an Orphan
In this forthright account, as the subtitle suggests, Myra MacDonald explains why Pakistan has lost what she describes as the ‘Great South Asian War’ against neighbouring India, making the country
Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi
Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi ‘evolved out of a wish to formalise conversations that occur between academics, journalists, writers, and activists in Karachi, but which rarely populate the same
Indian General Elections and the State of Jammu and Kashmir
The success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the recent elections to India’s Lok Sabha did not come as a surprise in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. So great
Chogm 2022
Pakistan at 75
Political science (23 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (19 works) · History (16 works) · History (14 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Development economics (9 works)