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The Politics of Labeling Terror Groups
On 26 July 2024, in an official notification by the Ministry of Interior, the Pakistani government encouraged all government entities to use the term "Fitna al-Khawarij" to refer to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan’s Armed Forces adopted the same strategy.…
Pakistan, the IMF, and an Opportunity for Reform
Is Pakistan’s economy out of the woods and has it finally stabilized under the tutelage of successive International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs? That was a question on at least a few minds at the recently concluded IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings…
Can the Indus Waters Treaty Be Held in Abeyance? What the Law Allows
Two days after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi declared that its participation in the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) would be “held in abeyance” until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably abjures ” with cross-border terrorism.…
Atoms for Partners?
SAV recently published a piece by Hely Desai on India's development of small modular reactors and its implications for New Delhi's nuclear energy and economic goals. In this analysis, Brigadier (Retd). Zahir Kazmi responds with some of the concerns that…
پاکستان کے میزائل پروگرام کے خلاف پابندیاں: جنوبی ایشیا میں تغیر پذیر امریکی ترجیحات
اٹھارہ دسمبر 2024 کو امریکی حکومت نے 5500 کلومیٹر سے زیادہ کا سفر کرنے کی اہلیت رکھنے والےطویل فاصلے تک مار کرنے والے میزائلوں، جنہیں بین البراعظمی (انٹر کونٹینینٹل) بیلسٹک میزائل بھی کہا جاتا ہے، کی مبینہ تیاری میں ملوث ہونے…
Sanctions against Pakistan’s Missile Program: Shifting U.S. Priorities in South Asia
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on four Pakistani entities over their involvement in the alleged development of long-range missiles, also known as Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, capable of traveling more than 5,500 km. The banned entities include…