Pakistan A US drone strike killed the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, as he travelled under an alias through Pakistan from Iran. His civilian taxi driver...
Year: 2016
Pakistan-India can learn from EU example: Carl Bildt says in CRSS public talk
Mr. Carl Bildt[1], veteran politician and thinker, and the former Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister delivered a speech on "Global Security Challenges in the era of new...
What Drives Our Irrationality?
by Imtiaz Gul A brief encounter with a couple of schoolchildren in southern Punjab recently left me baffled. They study at one of the Cambridge-inspired upscale chains of...
Chabahar Vs Gwadar
by Syed Mudassir Ali Shah INDIA and Iran concluded a long-awaited port deal in Tehran on Wednesday, lending a big boost to efforts for promoting regional trade. The Chabahar port...
Allies or Antagonists
by Imtiaz Gul Is the relationship strained and chequered because of the frustrations in Afghanistan, or is it a façade for something else? In an apparent damage-control attempt,...
‘A Clear Signal’
by Imtiaz Gul “Our job is to help Afghanistan secure its own country, not to have our men and women in uniform engage in that fight for them,” told reporters in Vietnam on May...
345 Hanged During NAP's FIrst Year: The NAP Tracker
A report on National Action Plan (NAP) has revealed that after lifting of moratorium on hanging, 345 hanged, but there is little correlation between deterrence and capital...
345 Hanged During NAP’s FIrst Year: The NAP Tracker
A report on National Action Plan (NAP) has revealed that after lifting of moratorium on hanging, 345 hanged, but there is little correlation between deterrence and capital...
Reasons for Concern
by Imtiaz Gul With the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the Taliban leader, in a drone strike, Pakistan once again finds itself under international scrutiny. The nature of the...
CRSS China Watch – May 25, 2016
Pakistan approved on Monday sweeping tax concessions for Chinese operators at the deep-sea Gwadar port and businesses that will operate in the Gwadar Free Zone for up to 40 years...
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