Opinion
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: April 17, 2016
In what has been an erratic few months for an India-Pakistan relationship still grappling with how to steer clear of diplomatic reversals, the capture of Kulbhushan Yadav in Balochistan has created...
Opinion
Gender & Security: Why Women’s Voices Matter
by: Sauleha Kamal
Date: April 15, 2016
This October, it will be sixteen years since the United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 1325 affirming the importance of women in peace negotiations, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction. Despite this,...
Opinion
Fringe Power?
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: April 3, 2016
As large tracts of Iraq and Syria hover between Westphalian meltdown and militant takeover, policy pathways for Pakistan in the Middle East remain piloted by Islamabad’s foreign policy equation with...
Opinion
Winter of Discontent
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: March 9, 2016
For President Ghani, it’s been a harsh winter, and one that has laid bare the key capacity deficits and constraints of an Afghan state on the defensive. As Afghanistan’s winter...
Conference and Research reports
Pakistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers 1
Date: March 2, 2016
Quarterly Monitoring Brief 1 This is the first in a series of three Quarterly Monitoring Briefs (2016) designed to monitor and track the actions, public statements of five key regional...
Publications
Coalitions, Caveats and Candidates: Why Pakistan Must Care about the U.S. Election
by: Sauleha Kamal
Date: February 29, 2016
In the past few weeks, the United States has confirmed the sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan in spite of Indian resistance; warned Islamabad about its nuclear weaponry; asked it...
Publications
Policy Brief | Working to Counter Terrorism: Prospects for Pakistan-India Intelligence & Security Cooperation
Date: February 19, 2016
Pakistan and India share one of the most crisis- and risk-prone relationships in contemporary international politics. While the challenge posed to this relationship by the spectre of transnational terrorism is...
Publications
Policy Brief | Working to Counter Terrorism: Prospects for Pakistan-India Intelligence & Security Cooperation
Date: February 19, 2016
Pakistan and India share one of the most crisis- and risk-prone relationships in contemporary international politics. While the challenge posed to this relationship by the spectre of transnational terrorism is...
Policy Brief
Working to Counter Terrorism: Prospects for Pakistan-India Intelligence & Security Cooperation
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: February 19, 2016
Pakistan and India share one of the most crisis- and risk-prone relationships in contemporary international politics. While the challenge posed to this relationship by the spectre of transnational terrorism is...
Opinion
Bringing NAP to South Punjab
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: February 6, 2016
Two developments in early 2016 – the Punjab government’s move to detain Jaish operatives, and a high-profile Taliban attack on Bacha Khan University – have worked to refocus parliamentary debate...
