Going Grey: FATF and Pakistan’s Strategic Considerations
The global anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be meeting in June, where Pakistan is set to be added to the FATF grey […]
India-Pakistan Ceasefire Agreement: Too Late to Deliver
On May 29th, the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) from India and Pakistan recommitted to observing the 2003 ceasefire agreement across the Line of […]
Did Domestic Politics Drive India and Pakistan’s Ceasefire?
After years of continuous exchange of fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region of Kashmir, India and Pakistan renewed their ceasefire […]
Will the Temporary Truce in Afghanistan Bear Fruit?
The Afghan government announced a temporary unconditional ceasefire for eight days starting from June 12th. The truce, which coincides with the Muslim Eid festival marking […]
Pakistani Elections: Old Habits Die Hard
For democratic consolidation to take place, regular elections that enable successive transfers of power are necessary to arrest any backsliding towards authoritarianism. For the first […]
فاٹا انضمام پاکستان کےلئے کیا معنی رکھتا ہے؟
حال ہی میں پاکستان نے اپنے علاقے فاٹا، جو کہ سات ایجنسیوں اور چھ فرنٹئیر ریجنز پر مشتمل ہے، کو صوبہ خیبر پختونخواہ میں ضم […]
The Barelvis’ Tilt Towards Extremism in Pakistan
On May 7th, the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) then interior minister, Ahsan Iqbal, was targeted in an attempted assassination for his party’s efforts […]
What the FATA Merger Means for Pakistan
Recently, Pakistan’s Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) comprising of seven agencies and six frontier regions were merged into the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The […]
Is U.S. Strategy against the Islamic State in Afghanistan Working?
The United States has been confronting evolving threats from the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP). The latest April 2018 report by the Special Inspector General of […]
India’s Cyber Threat Spectrum: Evolving Challenges and Nightmare Scenarios
South Asia has attracted attention for the subconventional, conventional, and nuclear rivalry between India and Pakistan. Cyberspace, while increasingly regarded as a conflict theater by […]