Four More Months on the Gray List: Pakistan’s FATF Challenge
As expected, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terror financing watchdog has kept Pakistan on the gray list in its much-anticipated […]
Category: Governance
عمران خان اور فاٹا کی قومی دھارے میں شمولیت کا دشوار مرحلہ
رواں ماہ پاکستان نے وعدہ کیا ہے کہ وہ قبائلی علاقوں کو قومی دھارے میں شامل کرنے کیلئے ایک دہائی تک سالانہ ایک بلین ڈالر […]
Imran Khan and the Elusive Mainstreaming of FATA
This month Pakistan pledged it would spend USD $1 billion a year for the next decade on mainstreaming its tribal areas. The funding and other […]
Year in Review: Afghanistan’s Tumultuous 2019 Paves Way for an Uncertain 2020
2019 was set to be a decisive year for Afghanistan, in which certain political developments had the potential to position the country either on the […]
Pakistan’s Highest Court Suspends the Army Chief’s Term Extension. What Now?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended a government-issued directive that approved a three-year term extension for the current chief of army staff. It’s […]
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 […]
The Azadi March in Pakistan: Testing the PTI’s Prudence
In a bid to topple the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Pakistan, the Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Fazlur Rehman has launched an Azadi (freedom) […]
Economic Challenges Ahead after Pakistan Narrowly Escapes the FATF Blacklist
Last month, Pakistan narrowly escaped being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF, a global watchdog working to combat money laundering and terror […]
Understanding India’s National Register of Citizens
On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the northeastern state of Assam. The document aims to identify “legal” migrants […]
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 […]