How Trump’s Gaza Plan may Collapse
The Trump agreement includes dozens of steps, but faces major obstacles. Read More Here
Tag: Terrorism
Operation Sindoor and the Evolution of India’s Military Strategy Against Pakistan
Over the past decade, India has progressively transformed its response to Pakistan’s campaign of terrorism. Its actions have grown in scale, using new technologies, triggering larger cycles of violence, and seeking more expansive effects. Read More Here
The Lessons of India’s Operation Sindoor
The West won’t persuade India to share its view on Russian aggression if it continues to engage in false equivalencies between Pakistan’s terror attacks and India’s reprisals. Read More Here
The Mystery of India’s Assassination Plots
Why would New Delhi risk so much for so little? Read More Here
The Danger of Working with Religious-inspired Proxies
Hamas is a Cold War creation and was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (and funded by Israel) in 1987, at the start of the First Intifada, to oppose the secular, nationalist Fatah organization, run by Yasser Arafat. The group is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Read More Here Also Read: The Ghosts of Lebanon
Pakistan’s Twin Crises
The country is witnessing a dangerous convergence of a collapsing economy and surging terrorism. Read More Here
China To Soldier On In Pakistan Despite Attacks
Despite facing looming security threats in Pakistan, China has taken a 15-year extension of its leasing rights on a gold and copper mine project in restive Balochistan province, an area that saw militant terrorist attacks on army bases in recent days. Read More Here
The Real Lessons From 9/11: America Risks Swinging from Hubris to Muddle
The risk is that Mr Biden’s domestic bias could make his foreign policy less effective. America needs to find a new way to co-exist with China, with rivalry and co-operation in different areas. Read More Here
20 Years After 9/11, U.S. Global Authority Is Weaker Than Ever
The rise of the liberal world order—in which stability is tethered to benign U.S. hegemony and values such as democracy and human rights, as well as continuity emerging from multilateral institutions—no longer appears inexorable. Read More Here
Counting The Costs Of Pakistan’s Terror Financing
Pakistan’s failure to tackle terror financing and money laundering has cost the nation an estimated US$38 billion since 2008, new independent research reveals. The losses have mounted while the country was on an international finance watchdog’s “grey” list. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sets standards and promotes legal, regulatory and operational measures to fight […]
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