Afghan Elections and Peace Talks: Is the Government Losing on Both Fronts?
As multiple rounds of direct talks between the United States and the Taliban reached a dead-end in September, rekindled hopes for an as-yet elusive peace […]
Category: Afghanistan
Russia-Pakistan Relations and Afghanistan: Broadening Strategic Convergence
On the sidelines of last month’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, Russian and Pakistani foreign ministers hinted at transforming their burgeoning cooperation into a […]
Afghan Peace Talks: Weighing Flaws and Projecting Forward
International actors—most recently the United States and its partners in NATO—have devoted significant resources to increasing stability and state capacity in Afghanistan over the past […]
Russia-Taliban Bonhomie: An Opportunity for India?
While the United States and Taliban have failed to negotiate a peace deal, Russia is rapidly gaining leverage in Afghanistan. Moscow, increasingly wary of U.S. […]
Modi’s U.S. Visit: Opportunity to Put Irritants Behind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s week-long visit to the United States from September 21 to September 27 is a good opportunity for New Delhi to not […]
Left Out in the Cold: India’s Options in Afghanistan
The Afghan peace process faced an impasse this week after President Trump cancelled further talks with the Taliban, which experts fear would lead to an […]
One Year in Office: Revisiting Imran Khan’s Foreign Policy
When Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office a year ago, in August 2018, Pakistan-United States relations were at a low point following the Trump administration […]
Create a Channel for a U.S.-China Dialogue on South Asia
Introduction The real danger of an explosive conflict and potential nuclear war lingers in South Asia. Relations between India and Pakistan remain distrustful, confrontational, and […]
Trump’s South Asia Policy: Strategic Alignment with Pakistan, Ambivalence Towards India?
Late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump rattled the diplomatic establishments in the United States and India when he remarked that he would be willing to […]
پاک امریکہ تعلقات:محتاط امیدوں کے ساتھ مستقبل کی جانب پیشقدمی
گزشتہ ماہ کے آخری دنوں میں وزیراعظم عمران خان کے پہلے سرکاری دورہ امریکہ نے پاک امریکہ تعلقات کے ایک بار پھر “دوبارہ ترتیب” پانے […]