Anita M. Weiss received her doctorate in sociology from UC Berkeley and is professor of International Studies at the University of Oregon, where she has taught since 1988. She has published extensively on social development, gender issues, and political Islam in Pakistan. Professor Weiss is a member of the editorial board of Globalizations, has been a member of the Research

A well-known British journalist and author, Anatol Lieven, is a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar and a visiting professor at King’s College, London. Among his books is ‘America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism’ and ‘Pakistan: A Hard Country’. With a BA in history (double first) and a PhD in political science from

Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore, who has covered Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia for a variety of publications since 1979. He is the author of ‘Taliban’ (2000); ‘Descent into Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia’ (2008); ‘Jihad’ (2002); and ‘The Resurgence of Central Asia’ (1994). His latest book is ‘Pakistan