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 […]
Category: Terrorism
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: Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery in 2019
For Sri Lanka in 2019, repercussions from the 2018 constitutional crisis after the President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to replace Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe, framed the […]
Pakistan’s Political and Diplomatic Challenges at the 2020 FATF Plenary
Last month, Pakistan received a provisional reprieve from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international money laundering and terror financing watchdog, allowing it four […]
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 […]
Non-Traditional Security Implications of Climate Change in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh recovers from the second mega cyclone of the year, following Cyclone Fani in May, the impacts of climate change have never been more […]
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 […]
Climate Change in India and South Asia: Intensifying Local Grievances
One of the most critical global challenges in the coming years is the existential threat humans face from climate change. While climate change is a […]
In Pakistan, Climate Change is the Primary Threat to National Security
Between July and September this year, 235 Pakistanis lost their lives and another 169 suffered injuries due to the current monsoon spell. On the other […]
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 […]