Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2009

Islam and the Paths of Pakistan's Political Development

Peter Topychkanov

April 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

This paper analyzes the current situation in Pakistan through the prism of the country's historical experience, proposing new approaches to the threats to Pakistan's territorial integrity and the stability and security of South Asia as a whole.