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Ishtiaq Ahmad is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. A known Pakistani columnist and Fulbright scholar, Dr Ahmad has authored several publications on the conflict in Afghanistan and South Asian security, including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: An Afghan Trail from Jihad to Terrorismand India and Pakistan: Charting a Path to Peace.
Since 2007, Pakistan, though not on the verge of becoming a failed state, nonetheless has been gripped by a series of interrelated crises. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, Pakistan’s current travails have deep and tangled historical roots. They also demonstrate that Pakistan’s domestic situation historically has been influenced by, and has affected developments in neighboring countries as well as those farther afield.
