In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet the greatest short-term threat to Pakistan is not Islamist insurgency as such, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest long-term threat is ecological change.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Pakistan
Chapter 2: The Struggle for Muslim South Asia
Chapter 11: The Pakistani Taleban
Chapter 12: Defeating the Taleban?
Appendix One: Chronology of Muslim South Asia
Appendix Two: Pakistani Statistics