Hot Take on Elections 2018: Towards a New Pakistan?
The July 2018 election has been criticized for being engineered in favor of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, of being contested under China’s shadow, and for […]
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Nawaz Sharif Behind Bars: Implications for Pakistan’s Future
Charged with corruption, ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz, returned to Pakistan last Friday. Sharif’s return and subsequent incarceration is a significant event; […]
The Blapshemy Law and Power Dynamics in Pakistan
Religious groups and political parties have sharply increased their street power in Pakistan over the past few decades. While wielding this influence, they have increasingly […]
Pakistani Elections: Outcome Scenarios
It’s election season in Pakistan and the stakes are high. The results will eventually depend upon which party wins Punjab, the country’s most populous province, […]
Pakistani Elections: How Will the Outcome Impact Foreign Policy?
Pakistan is headed towards its second consecutive democratic transition of power on July 25. However, the current political landscape is too fragmented and uncertain to […]
Pakistani Elections: The Radical Religious Right in Pakistan’s Electoral Politics
The reemergence of the radical religious right as participants in the electoral process is a major step backwards for Pakistan’s democratic experiment. Or is it? […]
Pakistani Elections: The Unrelenting Military Looms Large
Pakistan’s upcoming general election, scheduled for July 25, is taking place in a climate of growing political tensions and uncertainty. Increasing allegations of the military’s […]
Paul Staniland on South Asian Elections, Kashmir, and Civil-Military Relations
In this new series, SAV talks to scholars and practitioners to understand the trends and potential inflection points in South Asian security. In an email […]
Did Domestic Politics Drive India and Pakistan’s Ceasefire?
After years of continuous exchange of fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region of Kashmir, India and Pakistan renewed their ceasefire […]
Pakistani Elections: Old Habits Die Hard
For democratic consolidation to take place, regular elections that enable successive transfers of power are necessary to arrest any backsliding towards authoritarianism. For the first […]