A State in Crisis: Sri Lanka’s Road from Post-War Resurgence to Political Dissension
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On October 26, President Maithripala Sirisena removed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from office overnight, appointing his former foe, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as prime minister instead. Wickremesinghe refused to leave...
Assessing Iran’s Possible Nuclear Breakout
Mansoor Ahmed
The U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and the recent assassination of Gen. Qasim Soleimany has generated fears of a possible Iranian...
Modernizing Chinese Finance
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Having worked as the Director of World Bank’s China Operations for seven and a half years, I developed an appreciation of how the Chinese leadership takes major...
Pakistan, GSP+, and the International Criminal Court
Ayesha Malik
Pakistan’s next tranche of GSP+, which allows for tariff-free trade to the European Union(EU), will now reportedly be contingent on its ratification...
The Self-Woven World Economy and Anti-Gravity International View
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The world economy is essentially a network, self-woven by desires, productions, and currencies. In the past millenniums, no matter the imagination or cognition, the world was tightly fastened...
Tears for Fears: Silence of the Persian Lambs
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If the authorities in Iran have power to put down protests each time they spring up, the regime’s greatest weapon - fear - appears to have lost its...
The Errant Indian Missile and the Future of South Asia’s Crisis Management
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Earlier this year, an unarmed Indian missile fell 124 kilometers inside of Pakistani territory. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) tracked...
Recalibrating Pakistan’s Lawfare for Kashmir
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If Ukraine’s lawfare moves after Russia’s invasion have taught us anything, it is that Pakistan’s response to India’s occupation and annexation of...
Of FATF and Pak-U.S. Relations
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Quite surprisingly, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) decision on October 21, to remove Pakistan from its “grey list” went almost unnoticed...
Pakistan’s Renewed TTP Challenge
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The recent upsurge in terrorism and increased presence of militants in Swat have again gripped Pakistan with dread and fear of a bloody...
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