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Published in: openSecurityA way out of the Afghanistan conundrumA comprehensive peace will clearly not be achieved militarily, but how can the warring factions engaged with the...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan: of peace talks and peace prizes
Pakistan has been locked in two key debates on the issue of peace recently. The first is whether there should be...
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Published in: HomePakistani portraitsPakistan is a country standing at the crossroads. From Karachi to Peshawar, a series of snapshots provides a glimpse...
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Published in: HomeDon’t blame the military alone: women’s rights in Pakistan
While religious parties in Pakistan have seldom secured big vote shares, all political parties tow their line. Why?...
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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: HomeBangladesh, in the ruins of the futureBangladesh's modern experience of industrial disaster highlights the fragile conditions in which many of its urban...
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Published in: HomeSharif, the army and the Taliban
Not only Pakistan’s army, but the foreign interests that come with aid-dependency have defined Pakistan’s security...
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Published in: HomePakistan elections 2013: will policy win over patrimony?
The real reason for celebration is not that Pakistan has had a potentially corrupt, but highly resilient government...
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Published in: openSecurityThe end of Cold Start?
India's development of an offensive military doctrine after the 2001 attack on the Parliament was meant to create a...
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Published in: openSecurityFear of escalation at the LOC
More than 65 years after partition, a mediated resolution to the Kashmir conflict remains illusory. Fear of...
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Published in: openIndiaAesthetics in cartography: a more democratic access to information?Can atlases serve to empower those at the bottom of the pyramid, permitting an understanding of historical change,...
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Published in: HomeQuetta’s enduring savagery: ethnic cleansing or sectarian violence?Ethnic cleansing is a crime under international law. In the case of Pakistan, we see a cold-hearted and detached...
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Published in: HomeResisting the other of the ‘war on terror’: lessons from Japanese internment camps?
Though intended to be temporary in nature, Agamben argues that the ‘state of exception’ has become a permanent...
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Published in: HomeGenocide of the Pakistani Hazara: where does the responsibility lie?
The targeted killing of Pakistan's Shia Hazara minority continues. The Pakistani government remains inactive....
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Published in: HomePakistan’s existential crisisWith sectarian tensions, weak institutions and yet another political crisis possibly in the making, the situation in...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida, idea in motion
The United States's "remote control" campaign against Islamist targets is intensifying. But behind the headlines,...
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Published in: 50.50War against polio or polio workers?
The Tehreeq e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched an effective and violent campaign against polio vaccination during...
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Published in: openSecurityTalking to the other side: humanitarian engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan
Aid agency engagement with the Taliban will be critical to ensuring they can still operate after 2014. Research...
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Published in: 50.50Taliban: agent or victim?In their attempt to assassinate girl-activist, Malala Yousufzai, has the Taliban inadvertently rescued the narrative...
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Published in: openSecurityOut of nowhere? The Taliban and Malala
Amidst calls for justice through the barrel of a gun and hopes Pakistan's army will break ties with the TTP, does an...
