Publications
Reviewing Indo-Pak Bilateral Relations: Quarterly Monitoring Brief January 2018 – March 2018
Date: September 17, 2018
Bilateral relations between India and Pakistan remained tense throughout most of the first quarter of 2018. The year began with news of a meeting between the Pakistani and Indian National...
Opinion
Pak-US Terms of Engagement
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: September 12, 2018
The region is once again in the spotlight. The only good news is that during the US Secretary of State’s visit to Islamabad, the two sides endorsed cooperation despite the...
Opinion
The Anatomy of a Taliban Ceasefire
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: July 4, 2018
After months of regional stalemate, two events in June offer a potential roadmap for achieving a working peace. The first was the Taliban’s decision to accept Afghan President Ghani’s offer...
Policy Brief
Terrorism in the Age of New Media
by: Meera Nadeem
Date: June 20, 2018
In an age of connectivity and increasingly porous national borders, threats to global security transcend limitations imposed by geography and conventional application of force. The realm of new media provides...
Publications
Policy Brief | Terrorism in the Age of New Media
Date: June 20, 2018
In an age of connectivity and increasingly porous national borders, threats to global security transcend limitations imposed by geography and conventional application of force. The realm of new media provides...
Opinion
How to Fix the Economy
by: Ehsan Malik
Date: June 14, 2018
The biggest challenge for an incoming government two months from now will be how to stabilise the economy. Foreign exchange cover, currently representing two months of imports, would have been...
Opinion
Who to Listen to on the Indus Treaty?
by: Ahmad Rafay Alam
Date: June 7, 2018
The World Bank earlier this week requested Pakistan to accept India’s referral to a Neutral Expert questions involving the design of the Kishanganga and Ratle dams. This is the latest twist...
Opinion
A Legacy of Deficits
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: May 21, 2018
The odds that the PML-N was going to be remembered for having contributed meaningfully to Pakistan’s foreign policy and reputation-building abroad were never high to begin with. But Nawaz Sharif’s...
Opinion
Muzzling the Press
by: Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari
Date: May 10, 2018
Pakistan, as a democracy - albeit a faltering stumbling, tossing one – should allow the airing of public opinion. In fact it ought to do more than just allow it....
Publications
Prospects for detente
Date: April 11, 2018
The Foreign Minister’s decision to criticize the National Security Advisor for meeting the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan in Islamabad last week was unfortunate and poorly timed. It was unfortunate because...
