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Containing thirteen chapters by Indian and European scholars and practitioners, this volume critically examines the multifarious domestic and external challenges that Pakistan confronts today. It discusses the vicissitudes of the European Union’s relations with Pakistan and the cultural, economic, political and military relations of Central Europe and key European countries-France, Germany and the United Kingdom-with Pakistan.

The study highlights the different approaches of India and the European Union towards the Kashmir dispute and the considerations, concerns and policy of the EU towards democracy promotion in Pakistan. It also seeks to answer the question whether the relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Pakistan is a transactional relationship or an enduring partnership. The book analyses the problems faced by Pakistan’s oil and gas sector and the challenges and opportunities for European companies to expand Pakistan’s energy basket.

The volume examines the nature, dynamics and challenges of social integration and political participation by the Pakistani diaspora in the United Kingdom. It also explores the political context that shapes both policy and discourse on immigrant integration with special reference to the Pakistani diaspora’s lived experience in three Scandinavian countries.

The study will be of interest to all those engaged in the fields of political science, international relations, European politics and foreign policy and Indian and South Asian politics and foreign policy.

Contents: Preface. 1. Pakistan at the Crossroads: Domestic and External Challenges/Ajay Darshan Behera. 2. The European Union and Pakistan/Stefano Gatto. 3. Decline of Kashmir in India-EU Relations/Pramit Pal Chaudhuri. 4. The European Union and Pakistan/Hartmut Elsenhans. 5. The European Union and Democracy Building in Pakistan/Rajendra K. Jain. 6. The United Kingdom and Pakistan/B. K. Krishnamurthy. 7. France and Pakistan/Jean-Luc Racine. 8. Germany and Pakistan/Christian Wagner. 9. Central Europe and Pakistan in the Post-Cold War Era/Patryk Kugiel. 10. NATO and Pakistan: A Transactional Relationship or Enduring Partnership?/Shanthie Mariet D’Souza. 11. Pakistani Diaspora in the United Kingdom/Sheetal Sharma. 12. Coping with Multiculturalism: Pakistani Diaspora in Scandinavia/Bhaswati Sarkar. 13. The European Union’s Energy Relations with Pakistan/Rajeev Lala.