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…
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…
SAV Q&A with Kamran Yousaf: The Future of the China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral
In May, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China met for a momentous trilateral dialogue in Beijing, which served to restore Pakistan-Afghanistan ties and renewed the grouping's commitment to extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan. In recent months, China and Pakistan have…
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.…