Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A state in flux - Pakistan in the context of national and regional change 2. Beyond moderation: dynamics of political Islam in Pakistan 3. Under the shadow of Islam: the plight of the Christian minority in Pakistan 4. Continuity and change in Pakistani politics 5. Economic impacts of the floods in Pakistan 6. The US–Pakistan relations after a decade of the war on terror 7. The reorientation of Pakistan’s foreign policy toward its region

About the Author

C. Christine Fair is Associate Professor in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University, Washington DC. She publishes extensively on Pakistan and the wider South Asian region and is widely consulted by the policy community and by the media.


Shaun Gregory is Professor of International Security and Director of the Pakistan Security Research Unit, University of Bradford. He writes widely about Pakistan and has a particular interest in terrorism/extremism, the stability and cohesion of the Pakistan state, and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.