Pakistan’s Twin Crises
The country is witnessing a dangerous convergence of a collapsing economy and surging terrorism. Read More Here
Tag: Terrorism
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 […]
A War On Terror: Why India Made Its Big Kashmir Move One-Year Ago Today
India’s actions did not arise from a vacuum. Prior to India’s decision to change Kashmir’s status, Pakistan-based terrorists regularly crossed into Kashmir and India more broadly to attack both security and government officials and ordinary civilians. Read Here – National Interest
Corona And Bioterrorism: How Serious Is The Threat?
The novel coronavirus pandemic has put the threat of bioterrorism back in the spotlight. White supremacist chat rooms are teeming with talk about “biological warfare.” ISIL even called the virus “one of Allah’s soldiers” because of its devastating effect on Western countries. Read Here – WarOnTheRocks
The Terrorist Who Got Away
Twenty years ago, India let Masood Azhar go. Now he and his jihadist group may be one of the greatest obstacles to resolving the crisis in Kashmir…The impunity with which Azhar has operated for so long is a source of anger among Indian security officials. It keeps raw an old wound; it reminds them that […]
Will China And India Collaborate Or Feud Over Afghanistan?
As China-India competition continues unabated, Afghanistan is somewhat insulated from their more sensitive security concerns. Unlike in Iran and other countries, where the competitive aspects of the relationship are emphasised due to geopolitical reasons, Afghanistan allows the two Asian giants to compartmentalise touchy issues and cooperate on common interests such as counterterrorism. Read Here – The […]
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions Of Muslims
The directive was among 403 pages of internal documents that have been shared with The New York Times in one of the most significant leaks of government papers from inside China’s ruling Communist Party in decades. They provide an unprecedented inside view of the continuing clampdown in Xinjiang, in which the authorities have corralled as many […]
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