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SAV Q&A with Johann Chacko: South Asian Security in Shifting Global Landscape
Over the past year, South Asian security dynamics have evolved amid persistent interstate rivalries, domestic political turbulence, and the rapidly shifting global political landscape. On January 28, South Asian Voices spoke with Johann Chacko about the most important factors shaping…
Pakistan’s Coercive Afghan Diplomacy: Doomed to Failure?
The employment of military force as a bargaining tool, or the threat to use it, is an essential component of diplomacy and is now widely accepted as standard practice in statecraft. Coercive diplomacy, in particular, is a defensive strategy used to…
سال 2025 میں پاکستان: بیرونِ ملک عروج، اندرونِ ملک غیر یقینی پن
جس سال کو پاکستان کے لیے محتاط رہنے کے سال کے طور پر قیاس کیا جا رہا تھا، وہ ایک غیر معمولی واقعاتی سال بن گیا۔ بین الاقوامی سطح پر پاکستان نے اپنے آپ کو غیر متوقع طور پر عروج…
Pakistan in 2025: Ascendant Abroad, Unsettled Within
Editor’s Note: This article is part of South Asian Voices’ annual Year in Review series. Browse the full series page here. What began as a year of presumed caution for Pakistan became an extraordinarily eventful one. Internationally, Pakistan found itself unexpectedly ascendant:…
पाकिस्तान के ख़तरनाक आतंकवादी त्रिगुट का सामना
आतंक के विरूद्ध वैश्विक युद्ध में दो दशक से अधिक समय तक अग्रिम देश रहने के उपरांत भी, पाकिस्तान को एक कठिन और बदलते ख़तरे का सामना करना पड़ रहा है। तहरीक-ए-तालिबान पाकिस्तान (टीटीपी), बलूच विद्रोह और इस्लामिक राज्य खोरासान…
Pakistan’s Future with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Pakistan’s fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan frayed dramatically last month after two incidents Islamabad says were directed from across the border: a suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court and an attempted assault on the cadet college in Wana. These attacks,…