Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the underlying causes and conditions necessary for terrorism and insurgency to occur.

1. Understanding Terrorism, Insurgency and State Failure 2. Assessing the Connections Between State Failure, Terrorism and Insurgency 3. Afghanistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 1 4. Afghanistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 2 5. Pakistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 1 6. Pakistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 2 7. Iraq: Pakistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 1 8. Iraq: Pakistan: State Failure and Insurgency in Context Part 2 9. Conclusion

Natasha Underhill is a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK where she is dedicated to researching in the areas of terrorism, international relations, state failure and the Middle East. She received her PhD from University College Cork, Ireland.