Pakistan's stability paradox : domestic, regional and international dimensions / edited by Ashutosh Misra and Michael E. Clarke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I {u2013} Domestic Dimensions -- 1. Understanding the Unstable Nature of Pakistan{u2019}s Triadic Politics - Ashutosh Misra -- 2. Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan: Constitutional and Political Challenges and the Role of the Judiciary - Tasneem Kausar -- 3. What are they teaching them at Schools Nowadays? Understanding Pakistan{u2019}s Social Revolution and Seminary Education - Aneela Babar -- 4. Women, Media, Equity and Equality: The Pakistani Context - Tasneem Ahmar -- 5. The Militants{u2019} Landscape: Pakistan{u2019}s Islamist Organizations and Their Impact on the Body Politic - Muhammad Amir Rana -- Part II {u2013} Regional Dimensions -- 6. The India-Pakistan Peace Process - Happymon Jacob -- 7. The State of Jihadi Organisations in Pakistan and Their Regional and International Linkages - Ashok K. Behuria -- 8. Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations - William Maley -- 9. The Evolution of the Pakistani Taliban - Claude Rakisits Part III {u2013} International Dimensions -- 10. Pakistan-US Relations: An Inconvenient Partnership of Convenience - Moeed Yusuf -- 11. Testing China{u2019}s Rise: China-Pakistan Relations - Srikanth Kondapalli -- 12. Pakistan and the {u2018}Four Faces{u2019} of Nuclear Terrorism: A Preliminary Assessment - Michael Clarke

Pakistan, with the second largest Muslim population in the world, is a crucial country in the international system. It is an ally of the United States in the global {u2018}war on terror{u2019} but is also regarded as a major bastion of some of the most active jihadist organisations. This book highlights and explores the paradoxes that characterise contemporary Pakistan from the simultaneous democratization and Islamization of civil society to the schizophrenic US-Pakistan relationship. The central theme of the book looks at Pakistan{u2019}s stability paradox. Commentators and analysts have over recent years often suggested that Pakistan was on the verge of state {u2018}failure{u2019} or collapse resulting from a myriad of dilemmas. Yet, remarkably the Pakistani state has proven to be more resilient. This book identifies not only the factors that are contributing to Pakistan{u2019}s perceived instability but also those factors that have contributed to the state{u2019}s resilience. Chapters explore this central paradox through three core dimensions of Pakistan{u2019}s contemporary dilemmas {u2013} the domestic, regional and international dimensions.