Trump’s Fence-Mending and India’s Strategic Balancing
- September 13, 2025
Issue Brief No. 041
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The Tianjin Summit: Interpreting the SCO’s Moment of Institutional Maturity
- September 6, 2025
Issue Brief No. 040
Afghanistan
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Is PTI appeasing TTP?
- October 10, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement that his government was engaged in reconciliation talks with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stunned many in the country where the memories of the violence and crimes committed
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From Guns to Governance: Expected Pitfalls For New Taliban Government
- September 20, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 7, the Afghan Taliban announced formation of an interim government in Afghanistan, nearly three weeks after they seized control of the country in a dazzling military conquest as the Afghan
Afghanistan
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Taliban’s Stunning Takeover of Afghanistan: What Next?
- August 21, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Within days, events took a dramatic turn in Afghanistan. The speed and ease of Taliban lightening quick takeover of major urban centers has shocked the international community and regional stakeholder. The collapse
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Afghanistan: Changing Situation and Regional Responses
- August 9, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two years of negotiations between the United States (US) and Afghan Taliban led to an agreement on withdrawal of US troops from the war-ravaged Afghanistan. America had initially committed to complete pullout
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Iran
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Mobeen Jafar Mir
Iranian Presidential Election 2021
- July 6, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday, June 18, 2021, Iran held its 13th presidential election. The election took place at a critical juncture for Iran, which is negotiating the United States’ return to the nuclear deal
Afghanistan
Faisal Ahmed
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Evolving Situation in Afghanistan
- July 6, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For decades, Afghanistan has been at the forefront of Pakistan’s foreign policy and internal security. Owing to geography, people-to-people linkages, tribal affiliations, and the political economy of the border regions, Pakistan cannot
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The spectacular rise of TLP and the challenges ahead
- July 6, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many Pakistan – and the world at large – have been wondering how a religious group has been agitating for the expulsion of the French Ambassador from the country, on account of
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Faisal Ahmed
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India
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2021 Ceasefire Understanding: A Tactical Pause?
- March 22, 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a surprising and rare joint statement, Indian and Pakistani militaries, on February 25, 2021 announced “strict observance of all agreements, understandings and cease firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and
