Shazad Ali

Shazad Ali is a contributing analyst at Open Briefing, the civil society intelligence agency. He is also a journalist with nearly 20 years experience in print and online journalism. He has been the assistant editor of the Vienna-based journal Perspectives on Terrorism and now serves as a member of its editorial board.

India: jostling for geopolitical control in Afghanistan

Forecasts past the withdrawal of US and British forces in Afghanistan tend to prize fears of violence and instability spilling over into Pakistan, obscuring the country's vital importance to both India and China.

By Shazad Ali

/ 27 Mar 2014

Democracy in Pakistan: a wolf in sheep's clothing

In Pakistan, the west has always turned a blind eye to the civilian deployment of all the ingredients of dictatorship.

By Shazad Ali

/ 10 Feb 2012

Pakistan: next in line?

After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening up a new battlefront, this time in Pakistan, in the run-up to the presidential elections, will prove another quagmire for the Obama administration.

By Shazad Ali

/ 19 Dec 2011