Abstract:

Societal factors that legitimize the nationalist volition of Baloch people are evaluated in this study. Main reason for making this evaluation is the close relation between the rising nationalist volition among the Baloch people and the strategies of the global/regional actors. The approach of securitization that the Copenhagen School has provided is used in analyzing the Baloch nationalism. Assessing the societal factors, which are influential in consolidating the Baloch identity by using the approach of securitization, constitutes an important difference. This is because the nationalist attempts are generally interpreted via interstate relations and by implying on the theoretical frame of realism. The study has attained that the Baloch national identity possesses a societal justification that threatens the territorial integrity of Pakistan and Iran and also influences the regional balances

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