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