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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s 21st amendment: national consensus or soft coup?The attack on the school in Peshawar in December shocked the world. In Pakistan, the upshot is a growing military...
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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: openSecurityDrone strikes in Pakistan: laser or blunderbuss?Attacks by US drones have often been presented as forensic, yet only one in 25 victims in Pakistan were identifiably...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan: the decade of dronesDrones may offer an appealing alternative to the US after Iraq and Afghanistan but they don’t provide genuine security.
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Published in: openSecurityDroning onLittle is clear about the US renewal of drone strikes in Pakistan—except that they won’t be the last.
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s authoritarian moveThe government in Islamabad will face opposition in the coming week to its Protection of Pakistan Ordinance. Is it...
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Published in: openSecurityNegotiating with the Taliban
No one should expect progress in Afghanistan anytime soon, enmeshed as it is in a complex web of interaction among...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan: prospects poor for Taliban talks
The announcement of talks between Islamabad and representatives of the Pakistan Taliban surprised many. Few will...
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Published in: HomeReopening of the NATO supply routes won't stop cross-national terrorism from Pakistan
The Pakistani military and intelligence service will not easily break the ties with Islamist terrorist groups in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Pakistan Lawyers' Movement: setting a course for genuine democracy?Peace in Pakistan and the entire region can only be achieved by the creation of genuine democracy in Pakistan, with...
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Published in: openSecurityKandahar's transition woes
The gap between the logics of security (clear) and development (hold, build and transfer) remains stark
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Published in: openSecurityPedagogy of terrorThe roots of fundamentalism in Pakistan lie in the education system and school curricula, which need to become more...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan condemns US drone use in north-west
Pakistan condemns US drone use in north-west as Pak-US relations hit new low. Attack on British Embassy in Yemen...
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Published in: HomePetraeus's militias: the risk of civil war
Petraeus's proposed Afghan militias risk restoring the conditions that led Afghanistan to civil war in the 1990s....
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Published in: HomeAfghan civil society must not be abandoned
Afghan civil society and NATO war aims: talk to the Taleban and all traditional leaders
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Published in: openSecurityLosing more than Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan could leave Nato powers excluded from the whole of central Asia, argues Ángel Gómez-de-Ágreda.
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Published in: openSecurityIsrael foreign minister ‘furious’ over being sidelined
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is reportedly furious after being excluded from secret talks between...
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Published in: openSecurityThe US-Pakistan relationship: towards real accountability
In the wake of the foiled bombing of Times Square and attacks on Pakistan's minorities, Pakistan cannot be given a...
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Published in: openSecurityPreserving the slender thread in Pakistan
Coercive public diplomacy with Pakistan has outlived its utility. Repeated public admonishment by the United States...
