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Pakistan’s Coercive Afghan Diplomacy: Doomed to Failure?
The employment of military force as a bargaining tool, or the threat to use it, is an essential component of diplomacy and is now widely accepted as standard practice in statecraft. Coercive diplomacy, in particular, is a defensive strategy used to…
पाकिस्तान के ख़तरनाक आतंकवादी त्रिगुट का सामना
आतंक के विरूद्ध वैश्विक युद्ध में दो दशक से अधिक समय तक अग्रिम देश रहने के उपरांत भी, पाकिस्तान को एक कठिन और बदलते ख़तरे का सामना करना पड़ रहा है। तहरीक-ए-तालिबान पाकिस्तान (टीटीपी), बलूच विद्रोह और इस्लामिक राज्य खोरासान…
Pakistan’s Future with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Pakistan’s fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan frayed dramatically last month after two incidents Islamabad says were directed from across the border: a suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court and an attempted assault on the cadet college in Wana. These attacks,…
پاکستان کے دہشت گرد گروپوں کی خطرناک تکڑی سےمقابلہ
عالمی جنگ برائے دہشت گردی میں دو دہائیوں سے زیادہ عرصہ صفِ اوّل ریاست کے طور پر رہنے کے بعد، پاکستان کو اب بھی ایک پیچیدہ اور تغیر پذیرخطرے کا سامنا ہے۔ تحریک طالبان پاکستان (ٹی ٹی پی)، بلوچ بغاوت…
Confronting Pakistan’s Deadly Trifecta of Terrorist Groups
After more than two decades as a frontline state in the Global War on Terror, Pakistan continues to face a complex and adaptive threat landscape. Militant outfits affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Baloch insurgency, and the Islamic State…
Reducing Doubt and Encouraging Dialogue and Diplomacy in India-Pakistan Ties: A Pakistani Perspective
The Pakistan-India relationship—characterized by mutual distrust, the shared history of Partition, the enduring flashpoint of Kashmir, occasional skirmishes, four major wars, and nuclear weapons—defines the South Asian region. The May 2025 clash represented another instance in which the two countries…