Includes bibliographical references.

Figures and Tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Pakistan's Salvation: Islam or Western Secular-liberal Inspired Democracy; Chapter Two: Promising Partnership? American Af-Pak Strategy and Pakistan's Counter-terrorism Response; Chapter Three: The Economic Cost of Extremism; Chapter Four: Insurrection, Terrorism and the Pakistan Army; Chapter Five: The Existential Threat: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and al-Qaeda in Pakistan?; Chapter Six: Al-Qaeda: The Threat from Tribal Pakistan; Chapter Seven: Safety and Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Assets.

Chapter Eight: The Politics of IDPs: A Fallout of Politics of Domestic and Foreign ActorsChapter Nine: The Prospect of a Populist Islamist Takeover of Pakistan; Chapter Ten: "We are the soldiers of Islam": Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Ideology of Terror; Chapter Eleven: Women in Jihad: Emerging Discourses in Pakistan; Epilogue; Glossary.

In this title, international experts analyze Pakistan's security and insurgency issues, looking at the threats posed to and by this nuclear-armed Islamic nation. The only country in Islamic world to be formed in the name of Islam and a nuclear power, Pakistan today is struggling for its very existence and is at war with itself. ""Pakistan's Quagmire"" focuses on the insurgency in Pakistan, a security problem not only for the country, but also for the region and the rest of the world. To foster a thorough understanding of the many aspects of the issue, the book looks at both theoretical and pra.