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Few nations in the world today remain more misunderstood and enigmatic than Pakistan. A seemingly artificial creation of the 1947 partition with India following the dissolution of the subcontinent from the British Empire, Pakistan has become one of the great international security challenges of the early 21st century. A seemingly Third World nation, Pakistan has one of the largest standing military forces in the world today and is armed with nuclear weapons. A nation with multiple ethnic/tribal groups, the Pakistani government tries to portray the nation as a purely Islamic Republic. And though it has partnered itself with numerous other nations since the partition, including the United States and the People's Republic of China, Pakistan remains a country with no real allies or even shared interests. And guiding this seemingly enigmatic nation into the 21st century is the single institution that has dominated Pakistani politics and society since the partition: the Pakistani Army. To learn more about the Paki