Mustafa Malik

Pakistan: A Friend or Foe?

Pakistan: A Friend or Foe?

Over 15 years in the Afghan war, having spent billions of dollars and losing thousands of lives, the talk in Washington, DC amongst some of the policymakers and think tanks is...

Behold: How The US Blew $17 Billion in Afghanistan

Behold: How The US Blew $17 Billion in Afghanistan

In 2008, the Pentagon bought 20 refurbished cargo planes for the Afghan Air Force, but as one top US officer put it, “just about everything you can think of was wrong.” No spare...

Terror Visits Dhaka

Terror Visits Dhaka

The terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery café in the diplomatic quarters of Dhaka on July 1 and 2 triggered a chain reaction. The Bangladesh government banned Doctor...

The Iraq Inquiry and Geopolitics

The Iraq Inquiry and Geopolitics

  If we ever needed a damning indictment of ugly geo-politically motivated military interventions, Sir John Chilcot delivered it on July 6 — The Iraq inquiry. It also...

Liberals vs Realism

Liberals vs Realism

The Pakistani state’s strategic outlook is a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. Security policy drives overall foreign policy rather than the other way round. The...

Lingering Ghosts of The Past

Lingering Ghosts of The Past

This month nine years ago, the world watched in awe as the Lal Masjid brigade terrorised Islamabad citizens and shopkeepers, including Chinese business owners, before being...

China Grants $260m for Gwadar Airport

China Grants $260m for Gwadar Airport

  China is granting Pakistan some $260 million for the construction of the Gwadar International Airport on the Arabian Sea, national media reported Tuesday. Government...

CRSS Quarterly Security Report Q2, 2016

CRSS Quarterly Security Report Q2, 2016

The upsurge in violence recorded during last quarter (January – March, 2016) dropped significantly during this reporting period (April – June, 2016). That being said, the...

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“Polarisation and social unrest can only be tackled through social cohesion and inclusive dialogue.”

Maulana Tayyab Qureshi

Chief Khateeb KP