Trump’s Afghan Quagmire
Rupert Stone
It has now been several months since President Donald Trump promulgated his new strategy for the US war in Afghanistan. So far, his approach has failed to roll...
Pakistan’s Peace Narrative and Pak-U.S. Relations: Time for a Revisionist Discourse
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Doha, a city in the thick of geopolitics of the GCC since 2017, played host to several rounds of talks between the United States and the...
Why the Doha Peace Process Must Resume?
Qadir Khan Yousafzai
In his customary style, the U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter and suspended the Doha peace process between the U.S. and the Afghan Taliban. Despite the...
A Foot in the Door
A View from Islamabad
Khalid Banuri
The persistent ebb and flow in Pakistan’s bilateral relations with the United States has almost been a constant. From close contacts at the leadership level...
US-Pakistan Relations Won’t Thrive, But They’ll Survive
Michael Kugelman
Washington and Islamabad aren’t bound to be besties. But they can still find ways to work together.
If there’s one truism about U.S. foreign relations, it’s that America is...
Trump and Imran: Renewing U.S.- Pakistan Cooperation
A View from Islamabad
Ambassador Salman Bashir
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the U.S. has been an outstanding success. Given the icy frigidity in Pak-U.S. relations that preceded it, the...
The Stalemate: Implications of Afghanistan’s Stalled Peace Process on U.S.–Pakistan Relations
Sahar Khan
Afghanistan’s peace process is experiencing some hiccups. After two successful joint conferences between Afghanistan and regional players in Kabul in February and then Tashkent in March, it seems...
Of FATF and Pak-U.S. Relations
Claude Rakisits
Quite surprisingly, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) decision on October 21, to remove Pakistan from its “grey list” went almost unnoticed...
Securitization of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Necessary Approach?
Aisha Saeed
With the advent of the 21st century, geostrategic positioning of a country has regained its relevance in the national policy making. The post Cold War environment defused and...
Three Routes to Pakistan’s Containment by India and the US
Andrew Korybko
The US-Indian Strategic Partnership aims to “contain” Pakistan in three ways that go beyond the conventional model of fomenting instability within its borders.
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