The Political Awakening of Pakistan’s Pashtuns
There is a storm brewing in Pakistan: after decades of exclusion and discrimination, the Pashtun community from the country’s tribal areas has come forward to […]
صدر اوبامہ کا دور صدارت اور دہشت گردی کے خلاف جنگ
تقریباً ۸ سال قبل جب باراک اوبامہ پہلے افریقی-امریکی صدر بنے تو یہ ایک نئے دور کا آغاز تھا۔ چونکہ صدر اوبامہ انتخابات تبدیلی کے […]
President Obama’s Legacy and the War on Terror
Eight years ago, a new dawn descended upon the United States with the election of the first ever African-American president, Barack Obama. Spirits were high […]
Obama Played Favorites in South Asia
In a 2013 article, former diplomat Lamont Colucci had warned: “If South Asia becomes another in a series of Obama Doctrine failures, it will only […]
Drones-Obama’s Toxic Legacy in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan relations are far worse now than when President Obama took office. The President’s toxic legacy in Pakistan can be summed up in one word—drones. […]
Managing the Menace of Killer Robots
November 2015 witnessed a multilateral discussion at the United Nations (UN) on the issue of autonomous killer robots, unmanned weapon systems that can independently select […]
Pakistan’s Indigenous Armed Drones: Precedents and Proliferation
On March 13, Pakistan announced the successful testing of its first indigenous armed drone. Pakistan’s armed drone capabilities will have implications that reach beyond its […]
CIA’s Drones Warfare And The Human Story
If one looks at the total number of drone strikes resulting in casualties inside Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) from 2004 until 2014, they […]
Unwarranted Furor
Hakeem Ullah Mehsud, the TTP mastermind and architect of incidents surrounding the raids on US military convoys in 2007 and numerous acts of terror that […]
Technology, Air Power, and Escalation
The more I interact with policy makers in Delhi, the more I grow convinced that a holistic appreciation of technology and its possibilities is lacking. […]