The deadly terrorist raid on the New Sariab Police Training College near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochsitan province does not come as a surprise. It has claimed...
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CPEC’s Work-In-Progress: Gwadar
It is one thing to hear that Chinese nationals in Gwadar and site for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) get heightened, foolproof security and it is quite...
Gwadar, CPEC and Questions
The extremely cautious and calculated Chinese approach -meticulous planning and patient/quiet execution represents a sharp contrast to the way Pakistani politics and...
Handling the Crouching Monster
A US-Afghan raid in the east Afghan province of Paktika has put down another terrorist wanted by Pakistan — Qari Ajmal — the mastermind of the March 2009 attack on the Sri...
What Is Important?
We were at a counter-radicalisation workshop in Washington (September 29) when the news of the Indian “surgical strike” struck us all — a few subject specialists drawn from...
The Drone War – September 2016
Controversial strikes hit both Afghanistan and Somalia in September, with allegations of civilian casualties and friendly fire incidents. Several Afghan officials said that two...
Modi’s War Hysteria
After drumming up war hysteria for several days, India’s top brass has taken the route of de-escalation, manifest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words on September 24...
Daesh, Haqqanis and Sanctuaries
Abandoning a project in which the United States and its partners have invested 15 years, billions upon billions of dollars, and thousands of lives with no acceptable outcome in...
Multiplicity of opinions and ideas is crucial for growth and progress: Dutch Political Affairs Sec
As a child, I was fortunate that I was always able to engage my teachers and explore a range of concepts and questions because critical thinking was encouraged. This is...
Surgical Strikes and The Doval Doctrine
Internally, the Indian security forces seem to be set on a kill-maim-blind-disable campaign in Kashmir. Externally, New Delhi has embarked on a...
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