Until May 2009, Sri Lanka was one of the worst-affected countries by terrorism. The island nation struggled against the scourge for more than three decades. Formed in 1975,the...
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A Money-Making Mill
Is there another financial fraud in the making around the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM)? This question flows straight from the recommendations of the financial advisers appointed by...
A French Revolution in India
I do not want to sound alarmist, but it looks to me that some kind of French Revolution is inevitably coming about in India. Consider the facts. All our state institutions have...
Delhi is literally a shithole; but so is all of India
In his 1960 exploration of eastern mysticism, The Lotus and the Robot, Arthur Koestler compared the smell of Bombay to that of “a wet smelly diaper” wrapped around his head. Four...
Modi in a Muddle
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...
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...
China Praises ‘True Friend’ Pakistan
India refuses to send troops for military parade Monday, August 31, 2015 - Beijing/New Delhi—The Beijing military parade next week will see as many as 1,000 foreign troops from...
KP Local Body Elections – Implications and Opportunities for Counterterrorism
by Zeeshan Salahuddin, Senior Research Fellow, CRSS Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) has seen unprecedented death, destruction of infrastructure, and trauma since 2004, which became...
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...
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