Contains the presentations of a conference on Pakistan's troubled frontier held by the Jamestown Foundation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2009.

"April 15, 2009."

Panel one: The FATA challenge / Stephen P. Cohen, moderator. Pakistan's descent into chaos : the future of Fata and the NWFP / Ahmed Rashid -- The Pakistan Army and its role in FATA / Shuja Nawaz -- Panel two: Islamic militancy and sectarianism in the Northwest Frontier / Joshua T. White, moderator. Who's who in the Islamic militancy : key players and recent developments / Imtiaz Ali. -- The past, present and future of TNSM / Arif Jamal -- Keynote lunchtime speaker: The accidental guerrilla syndrome in FATA / David Kilcullen -- Panel three: Stabilizing FATA / Peter Bergen, discussant. Pakistan's domestic crisis and its impact on the tribal areas / Haroon Rashid -- Taliban propaganda and the use of FM radios / Mukhtar Khan -- Does Pakistan have a counter-insurgency strategy? / Stephen P. Cohen -- U.S. options in stabilizing the Afghan-Pakistan border / Marin Strmecki -- Panel four: The future of FATA : lessons learned and the way forward / Bruce Hoffman, discussant. Nator's Khyber lifeline & its alternative / Andrew McGregor -- Lessons from the past : the British legacy of the Northwest Frontier / Jules Steward -- FATA in 2025 : three possible scenarios for the future / Hassan Abbas -- Conclusion.