Elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir Mired in controversies, the 2021 elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir were heavily tilted towards the Kashmir issue, which overpowered all other issues including those concerning immediate local needs and the extant development lag. Priyanka Singh September 06, 2021 Issue Brief
Boko Haram and Female Suicide Bombers The reported death of Abu Bakr Shekau may herald the imminent end of Boko Haram, but the impact of its heinous atrocities, particularly its use of female suicide bombers, has set a dangerous precedent for other terrorist groups to adopt. Aarushi Gupta September 06, 2021 IDSA Comments
Turkish and Iranian Response to Upheaval in Afghanistan The early reactions from Turkey and Iran underline their readiness to work with the Taliban to safeguard their interests and expand their regional influence. Both are also willing to work with other regional actors to mitigate traditional and non-traditional security threats emanating from Afghanistan. Md. Muddassir Quamar September 03, 2021 IDSA Comments
Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview Beijing’s stance on Afghanistan’s political crisis and its approach towards the Taliban regime is a critical variable that will shape the geometrics of the China–Taliban–Pakistan nexus versus India and the West. Jagannath P. Panda September 03, 2021 Issue Brief
Taliban Talks to “International Community” The choice of words Taliban employs to communicate with the international community is symptomatic not only of the limits of inter-cultural communication, but also depicts how meanings move across geo-cultural spaces and that “right” vocabularies are being used indeed as a qualifier to join the community of nations. Medha Bisht September 03, 2021 IDSA Comments
Reducing Nuclear Dangers after the A.Q. Khanspiracy This article defines Pakistan’s brazen retailing of sensitive nuclear technologies as Bomb Process Outsourcing (BPO) and places it in a larger perspective. It offers a short retrospective of the development and manufacture of nuclear weapons by the P-5 in which significant manpower and materials were ‘foreign’. This is true of the programmes of Israel, Iraq, South Africa, Argentina and Brazil as well. Pakistan, has now, contributed to North Korea, Libya and Iran. K. Santhanam September 2021 Strategic Analysis
Islam and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Terror Within Zainab Akhter September 2021 Strategic Analysis
Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations Amit Cowshish September 2021 Strategic Analysis
The History of the Artha??stra: Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India Medha Bisht September 2021 Strategic Analysis
