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Published in: openSecurityErdoğan, Syria and the Kurds: be careful what you wish forA complex political triangulation links the Turkish president with the Syrian imbroglio and the Kurdish question,...
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Published in: openSecurityWith Ghani in Kabul, will relations with Pakistan change?There are signs that the long-fraught relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan could improve, following the...
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Published in: openSecurityTensions rise between India and PakistanInternational constraint and mutual nuclear deterrence may have prevented all-out war with Pakistan in the past over...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan school attack: years of inaction led to this atrocityThe Peshawar atrocity did not come out of a clear blue sky—the foreboding context an inert, corrupt state ambivalent...
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Published in: openSecurityBetween Scylla and Charybdis: life in Pakistan’s tribal frontierThe Federally Administered Tribal Areas touching Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan suffer a toxic mix of state and...
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Published in: openSecurityThe missing women of AfghanistanAfter 13 years of war, 'democracy' is based on the rule of men, not law.
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Published in: openSecurityDrones in Afghanistan—under the radarDrones in Afghanistan have been responsible for countless civilian casualties. That’s the problem—they’re countless.
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Published in: openSecurityThe devastating truth of women’s rights in AfghanistanThe looming withdrawal of western forces from Afghanistan highlights the apparent dispensability of the modest gains...
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Published in: openSecurityHow the US created the Afghan war - and lost it
The unreported story of how the Haqqani network became America's greatest enemy.
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Published in: openSecurityAfghan media face an uncertain future
The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for...
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Published in: openSecurityLeft behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s electionDespite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low....
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Published in: openSecurityIndia: jostling for geopolitical control in AfghanistanForecasts past the withdrawal of US and British forces in Afghanistan tend to prize fears of violence and...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia and Pakistan: time to call time on proxy warsIndia and Pakistan’s zero-sum game is hindering development and the proxy wars in which the two states have indulged...
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Published in: openSecurityChina and the Great GameAlmost all discussion of Afghanistan after 2014 hinges on the withdrawal of western forces. Yet into that gap a...
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Published in: openSecurityA way out of the Afghanistan conundrum
A comprehensive peace will clearly not be achieved militarily, but how can the warring factions engaged with the...
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Published in: openSecurityWill courage be enough?
Faced with rising violence in the run-up to the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghan women’s rights activists fear...
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Published in: HomeWhy the solution to Afghan state building post-2014 lies in regional diplomacyUntil 2012, there was no comprehensive U.S. strategy on Afghanistan. Additionally, a number of systemic issues...
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Published in: openSecurityMission Afghanistan
India must take on a global leadership role, providing both economic and military aid together with regional/global...
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Published in: openSecurityجنگ بر سر واژه ها: آزادی بیان بعد از خروج نیروهای آمریکایی از افغانستان
نویسندگان و خبرنگاران افغان با وخیم تر شدن وضعیت روبرو هستند. بعضی بر این باوراند که ممکن است دستآورد های آزادی بیان...
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Published in: openSecurityWar for words: freedom of speech after America leaves
Afghan writers and reporters face a worsening situation. Some fear that the gains made for freedom of speech will...
