The emotional outbursts following the canceled meeting between the Indian and Pakistani national security advisers have given way to a more rational assessment of what went...
Mustafa Malik
Monthly drone report, August 2015
There were more US air strikes reported in Afghanistan in August than Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia combined. More than half the 32 reported attacks in Afghanistan came in the...
Counterterror in K-P and FATA: A Turnaround?
Flanked by tribal areas from three sides, the Peshawar region experienced death, destruction and trauma between 2009 and 2013. During this turbulent period, terrorists, militants...
Warming Up To Russia
The regional geopolitical dynamics are changing, and a growing China-Russia proximity is a major indicator of that transformation. The week-long military drills that began along...
Education, Extremism And The Elite
Why shouldn’t young minds turn towards extremist ideologies — I’m not talking of terrorism — if they are marginalised, their basic rights grossly violated, or if they are...
Beyond Russian Attack Helicopters Sale to Pakistan
Pakistan's acquisition of advanced Russian MI-35 attack helicopters is a significant shift in Moscow's policy towards the South Asian nation. Islamabad is also purchasing Viper...
CRSS Airs Constituency Hour Radio Programs in Bahawalpur and Sargodha
The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) has undertaken a series of syndicated radio programs - titled Constituency Hour (CH) - across five selected constituencies...
Two Contrasting Legacies
In recent days, we have seen the deaths of two former military officers, Lt General (retd) Hamid Gul, known for his pan-Islamist ideas, and Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada, whom...
CRSS airs Fifth “Constituency Hour” Radio Program in Charsadda
As part of its ongoing endeavor to pioneer enhanced standards of democratic governance at the constituency level through facilitating dialogue between the voters and their...
Terrorism, Money Laundering and NGOs
The issue of registration of local and foreign NGOs and the case of model Ayaan Ali in recent weeks have brought terror-funding and money laundering into the public discourse. Ms...
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