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Resuming Pakistan-India Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
In the past month, Pakistan has experienced considerable tumult in its domestic politics as former Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from office through a vote of no-confidence. India is reportedly watching Shehbaz Sharif’s assumption of power as the new…
Survival Politics: Assessing Pakistan’s Neutrality in the Ukraine Crisis
As the world grapples with the Ukraine crisis, countries are acting carefully to preserve their relationships with all parties involved. Pakistan, a key non-NATO partner of the United States, chose to abstain from voting on a United Nations Security Council…
Deuba Seeks Better Relations with India
On January 10, 2022, Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was supposed to travel to Gujarat, India to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Investor Summit at India’s invitation. However, both countries cancelled the visit at the last hour as COVID-19…
Sealing the Durand Line Undercuts Pakistan’s Support for Democracy in Afghanistan
As the U.S.-withdrawal from Afghanistan is expected much earlier than the September 11 deadline, Pakistan has been actively publicizing its fears about a “protracted civil war” ensuing in a post US-withdrawal Afghanistan. In a June interview with the New York…
COVID-19 Vaccination in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in the first phase of a COVID-19 vaccine rollout, having received only a half million doses of vaccines from India, and 468 thousand under the COVAX program, while around 35 million people are in the queue to receive…
India’s and Pakistan’s Public Responses to the Violence in Israel and Palestine
Following the attempted evictions of Palestinians in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Israeli security forces have ramped up attacks and arrests in occupied East Jerusalem, including four raids on al-Aqsa mosque, among the holiest sites in Islam. The militant group…