1. Pakistan's third democratic transition / Ishtiaq Ahmad -- 2. Enduring challenges to democracy / Maya Tudor -- 3. Mapping the 'establishment' / Ayesha Siddiqa -- 4. New politics of the middle class / Adnan Rafiq -- 5. Social drivers of democratic change / Rasul Bakhsh Rais -- 6. Military, militancy, and the crisis of governance / Mohammad Waseem -- 7. Pluralist society vs. monist state / Saeed Shafqat -- 8. Judicial activism, and the rule of law / Imtiaz Gul -- 9. Demographic dividend, and democracy / Mosharraf Zaidi -- 10. The Baloch question after the Eighteenth Amendment / Rafiullah Kakar -- 11. The challenges of a resilient economy / Rashid Amjad -- 12. Civil-military convergence for stability / Hussain Nadim -- 13. Great powers, military supremacy, and persistent contestation / Hannes Ebert. |