Sri Lanka’s 2018 Constitutional Crisis: The Rajapaksa Factor
Hamzah Rifaat Hussain
Chili powder, barbs being traded, harsh rhetoric and a deeply polarized island characterized Sri Lanka’s political landscape in the past week or so. With Mahinda Rajapaksa, the...
S-400: An Addition to India’s Ambitious Mosaic of Offense-Defense Capabilities
Maimuna Ashraf
India’s pursuit of advanced military technologies has enabled it to secure its place among the world’s top importers of conventional weapons over the past two decades. India has...
From One Jihad to the Next: The Life & Times of Jalaluddin Haqqani
Rahimullah Yusufzai
When the Afghan Taliban announced on September 3 that Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani had died from “natural causes” after a long illness, the loss was emotional and largely symbolic...
Pakistan Post 9/11: Seventeen Years of War, Death & Hate
Rabia Akhtar
‘Move away, get away from here. Hurry. Clear the area. There is a bomb here.’ A guy wearing a bomb suit shouts as he makes his way to...
Pakistan, Space and Non-Traditional Threats
Misbah Arif
In the 21st century, the traditional interstate security threat perception has been stretched out to include nontraditional issues like environmental degradation, climate change, health and social security. Comprehensive...
Exclusive Interview with the President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan
Sardar Masood Khan is the 14th President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. A career diplomat, Masood Khan was Pakistan’s Permanent Representative in the United Nations missions in New York...
Revisiting Pakistan’s Nuclear Restraint
Mansoor Ahmed
State behavior is largely a product of rational decision-making based on a careful cost-benefit analysis. Countries pursuing crash covert nuclear weapon programs are less likely to remain sensitive...
Interview with Dr. Adil Najam, Dean of the Pardee School of Global Affairs...
Climate and Security:
“Water is Pakistan’s Biggest Security Challenge”
Prof. Adil Najam is the founding Dean of Boston University’s School of International Affairs, the Pardee School. He was the former Vice...