Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He teaches South Asian politics at Sciences Po (Paris) and King's College (London). His books include The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to 1990s (1999), Pakistan: Nationalism Without a Nation? (2002), A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (2004) and The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience (2015).