OPINION
A Fragile Stalemate on the LoC
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: February 24, 2022
In the policy permafrost of Indo-Pak relations, not much is expected to move towards resolution through diplomatic engagement. (more…)
OPINION
Who Will Win the Hindi Heartland?
by: Meera Nadeem & Abdulla Wasti
Date: February 11, 2022
India had once claimed the merit of being the largest democracy in the world, where 900 million voters enable (more…)
OPINION
The pursuit of strategic autonomy
by: Abdulla Wasti
Date: December 23, 2021
The recently held democracy summit ended up being another iteration of a world being divided into binaries. While the summit (more…)
OPINION
The Indo-Pacific shift: a struggle for power
by: Abdulla Wasti
Date: December 10, 2021
The recently held virtual meeting of the Climate Summit between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping might have initiated some meaningful contact between the two states, but...
OPINION
AFGHANISTAN: WINTER IS COMING
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: November 3, 2021
South Asia faces a perfect storm with the growing risk of an unstable Afghanistan, coupled with divided views in the international community on who must take responsibility for the strategic...
OPINION
Preserving Gains: The Fate of Afghan Women
by: Meera Nadeem & Abdulla Wasti
Date: August 14, 2021
As the map of who controls Afghanistan changes by the hour, the most affected on the ground remain women (more…)
OPINION
Recalibrating Priorities
by: Zahaid Rehman
Date: May 8, 2021
With a little over four months left till the US’ self-imposed deadline for withdrawal in Afghanistan, the narrative has shifted (more…)
OPINION
Terms for Peace
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: April 2, 2021
As Pakistan lurches through its worst wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, talk of peace with India fuels (more…)
OPINION
Of Signals and Compulsions
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: March 23, 2021
It’s early days yet, but after a period of protracted turbulence, the India-Pakistan relationship seems to be steadying. (more…)
Opinion
The Eastern Question
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: November 28, 2020
Part I How do states signal credibility and believability to their allies, adversaries and neutral fence-sitters? Given Pakistan’s recently prepared dossier on India’s terrorist involvement in Pakistan, pausing to consider...